On May 20, 2021, the ITC issued a Notice of Investigation in
Certain Wearable
Electronic Devices With ECG Functionality and Components
Thereof (Inv. No. 337-TA-1266).
By way of background, this investigation is based on an April
20, 2021 complaint (
seePart I, Part II, Part III, Part IV) filed by AliveCor, Inc. of
Mountain View, California ( AliveCor ) alleging a
violation of section 337 by Apple, Inc. of Cupertino, California
( Apple ) in the unlawful importation and/or sale in the
U.S. of certain wearable electronic devices with electrocardiogram
(ECG) functionality and components thereof by reason of
infringement of one or more claims of U.S. Patent No. 10,595,731