India, Feb. 7 -- US District Judge Jeffrey White dismissed a lawsuit filed by AliveCor, a startup backed by Khosla Ventures LLC, against Apple Inc. (AAPL) regarding heart-rate monitoring technology present in the Apple Watch.
The lawsuit accused Apple of violating both the federal Sherman antitrust law and a California unfair competition law. AliveCor had contended that Apple's modifications to its WatchOS software's heart rate algorithm were anti-competitive and had negatively impacted the performance of its heart rate analysis application.
However, Apple had maintained that the lawsuit challenged its ability to improve the Apple Watch, which was relied on by both consumers and developers. Apple had stated that it aimed to develop a supe...