Ffffff offffff. Patents protect implementations, no ideas. I will bet dollars to donuts there is no stolen implementation (code) and instead boils down to a claim that they thought of the idea first.
This is why software patents were a horrible mistake. Code is already protected by copyright, and I seriously doubt anybody is stealing code. Shops are writing their own code, thus their implementations of the ideas in question are unique. Just like if somebody manufactured a device to solve an existing problem, but did so with unique plans & parts. That's non-infringing, and that's what nearly anybody's software is -- unique.
The day when Apple doesn't use patents, like a black or white oblong shape drawing to sue a competitor and get its products banned from sale, is the day you could realistically post something like your comment. All fairs in love and war.
I would like to see Apple expand and make a 2 or 3 lead ECG function, but I can't see it happening.
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All fairs in love and war.