Here's How Much It Costs to Sue Apple

Medical exertion institution Masimo has been facing disconnected with Apple successful tribunal since 2020, and portion Masimo has scored immoderate wins, it's been an costly endeavor.


In its quarterly net reports, Masimo outlines however overmuch it has spent connected litigation. The mode Masimo's spending is reported has changed implicit the past 5 years, but looking astatine net reports springiness a wide thought of the outgo to writer Apple and however those costs tin balloon.

Masimo's ITC lawsuit against Apple began successful 2021, and it yet led to an Apple Watch import ban. Apple was forced to region humor oxygen monitoring from Apple Watches sold successful the U.S. in December 2023. Masimo spent $5.5 cardinal connected litigation expenses successful 2021, followed by $28.7 cardinal successful 2022. The institution spent implicit $40 cardinal successful 2023, and $70 cardinal successful 2024.

In the first 4th of 2025, Masimo spent $19.7 million, and successful its 2nd 4th net results shared this week, Masimo said it spent $24 cardinal connected litigation. Masimo could beryllium connected way to walk much successful 2025 than it did successful 2024, based connected its ineligible costs successful the archetypal and 2nd quarters. Right now, Masimo is embroiled successful the appeals process with Apple, arsenic Apple launched an entreaty successful precocious 2023. Most recently, Apple argued its appeals lawsuit to a three-judge panel, though nary determination has been made arsenic of yet.

These litigation figures see each of Masimo's ineligible spending, and not conscionable what the Apple-related costs. The Apple suit is Masimo's astir important ineligible battle, however, and it apt accounts for astir of Masimo's full spending.

In December 2023, past Masimo CEO Joe Kiani told The Wall Street Journal that the ineligible conflict against Apple had outgo Masimo astir $100 million. Looking astatine the ineligible costs Masimo reported successful 2024 and 2025, the full could beryllium approaching $200 million.
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