[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"branding":3,"analytics":7,"article-apples-masimo-patent-bill-climbs-to-818-million":10,"sections":35},{"siteName":4,"siteTagline":5,"publisherName":4,"contactEmail":6},"The Revision","Tech news, decoded.","editor@therevision.news",{"gaMeasurementId":8,"adsenseClientId":9},"G-ZW2MV82GYR","ca-pub-8533917693782264",{"article":11},{"id":12,"slug":13,"title":14,"dek":15,"body_md":16,"tags_json":17,"published_at":18,"created_at":19,"updated_at":20,"status":21,"review_note":22,"review_notes":23,"image_url":22,"persona_id":22,"persona_name":22,"section":24,"tags":25,"sources":30,"feedback":34,"feedback_at":22,"cost_usd":34,"total_tokens":34},10342,"apples-masimo-patent-bill-climbs-to-818-million","Apple's Masimo Patent Bill Climbs to 818 Million","A judge tacked 184 million in interest onto Apple's Masimo patent loss, rejecting Apple's windfall argument but also denying Masimo's push for a higher rate.","Apple owes Masimo even more than the headline $634 million verdict said.\n\nA federal judge has ordered Apple to pay an extra $184 million in interest on its patent loss to Masimo, pushing the total bill to roughly $818 million. Judge James Selna rejected Apple's claim that prejudgment interest would hand Masimo a windfall, pointing to Supreme Court precedent that such interest simply makes a patent owner whole for royalties it was denied during the infringement period. Masimo didn't get everything it wanted either: the court turned down its request for a 7 percent interest rate, which would have added $243 million, and instead used Masimo's own borrowing rate, compounded annually from when the infringement began. That $818 million figure also excludes post-judgment interest still piling up until Apple actually pays.\n\nThis is the unglamorous back half of a fight that already reshaped a real product. The original case triggered a U.S. import ban on certain Apple Watch models and forced Apple to disable blood oxygen monitoring on new units sold in the U.S., a feature it only reintroduced in redesigned form in 2025. The interest ruling doesn't change any of that, but it is a reminder that patent damages keep compounding long after the verdict makes headlines.\n\nCompanies love to treat a big jury number as the final cost of losing. Masimo's case shows the meter keeps running until the check clears.","[\"apple\",\"masimo\",\"patent lawsuit\",\"apple watch\"]","2026-10-06T13:09:59.000Z","2026-10-06T19:32:16.547Z","2026-10-06T19:32:22.037Z","published",null,[],"policy",[26,27,28,29],"apple","masimo","patent lawsuit","apple watch",[31],{"name":32,"url":33},"MacRumors","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.macrumors.com\u002F2026\u002F10\u002F06\u002Fapple-watch-patent-bill-just-got-bigger\u002F",0,{"sections":36},[37,42,47,51,56,61,66,71,76,80,85,90,95,100],{"name":38,"slug":39,"count":40,"latest_published_at":41},"AI","ai",6506,"2026-10-07T18:45:00.000Z",{"name":43,"slug":44,"count":45,"latest_published_at":46},"Security","security",911,"2026-10-07T19:53:42.000Z",{"name":48,"slug":24,"count":49,"latest_published_at":50},"Policy",474,"2026-10-07T18:23:21.000Z",{"name":52,"slug":53,"count":54,"latest_published_at":55},"Deals","deals",453,"2026-10-07T23:58:31.000Z",{"name":57,"slug":58,"count":59,"latest_published_at":60},"Hardware","hardware",222,"2026-10-07T21:19:54.000Z",{"name":62,"slug":63,"count":64,"latest_published_at":65},"Science","science",187,"2026-10-07T04:00:00.000Z",{"name":67,"slug":68,"count":69,"latest_published_at":70},"Consumer Tech","consumer-tech",174,"2026-10-07T17:41:41.000Z",{"name":72,"slug":73,"count":74,"latest_published_at":75},"Software","software",113,"2026-10-07T18:10:00.000Z",{"name":77,"slug":78,"count":74,"latest_published_at":79},"Startups","startups","2026-10-07T23:36:57.000Z",{"name":81,"slug":82,"count":83,"latest_published_at":84},"Dev Tools","dev-tools",105,"2026-10-07T16:59:11.000Z",{"name":86,"slug":87,"count":88,"latest_published_at":89},"General","general",61,"2026-10-07T22:00:24.000Z",{"name":91,"slug":92,"count":93,"latest_published_at":94},"Gaming","gaming",56,"2026-10-07T12:00:00.000Z",{"name":96,"slug":97,"count":98,"latest_published_at":99},"Reviews","reviews",33,"2026-10-05T11:57:17.000Z",{"name":101,"slug":102,"count":103,"latest_published_at":104},"How-To","how-to",8,"2026-10-05T09:00:00.000Z"]