Mobile ECG specialist AliveCor seeks US Apple Watch ban
AliveCor, a company that markets consumer EKG hardware and services, goes a step further with a complaint with the US International Trade Commission. The mobile EKG company is requesting an import ban on all infringing Apple Watch models, including the Apple Watch Series 4 and Apple Watch Series 5. Apple's newest Apple Watch Series 6 was not named in an earlier lawsuit on which the complaint is based, though this is possible presumed that the device is in the crosshairs of AliveCor. AliveCor announced in a statement released Tuesday that filing with the ITC "is a move, including AliveCor, to gain relief for Apple's deliberate copying of AliveCor's patented technology - including the ability to take an EKG reading on Apple Watch and perform heart rate analysis - as well as Apple's efforts to eliminate AliveCor as a competitor in the heart rate analysis market for the Apple Watch. " Yesterday's press release touts a decade of investmen