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Medical device maker AliveCor Inc. has filed a federal antitrust lawsuit against Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL), accusing the tech giant of monopolizing the .
Savage on May 27, 2021, 9:11
In brief: Apple, a company that is no stranger to accusations of monopolistic practices, has had an antitrust lawsuit filed against it by medical device maker AliveCor. The suit claims that Cupertino stole its heart-rate monitoring technology and cornered the market in a predatory manner.
AliveCor says Apple stole its cardiological detection and analysis technology when it added an electrocardiogram (ECG) monitor to the 2018 Apple Watch. The company made the KardiaBand, an Apple Watch wristband with an ECG feature, and the SmartRhythm companion app that would alert wearers to any unusual heartbeat patterns.
According to the filing, Apple initially accepted the SmartRhythm app onto its store but later claimed it violated unwritten App Store guidelines. AliveCor adapted SmartRhythm multiple times so that it met Apple s ever-changing policies, but Cupertino eventually made changes to the watchOS s heart-rate algorithm so SmartR