A federal judge refused to a toss a case against a former Apple Watch engineer, ruling Apple’s breach of contract claims are enough to move the case forward, according to the Courthouse News Service.
U.S. District Judge Eumi Lee found Apple plausibly claimed former employee Chen Shi “surreptitiously absconded with its trade secrets relating to the Apple Watch’s health-sensing technology to obtain lucrative employment with Apple’s competitors,” the article adds.
In an August 2025 lawsuit filed in a federal court in San Jose, California, Apple sued Chen Shi, Oppo, and Oppo’s U.S. research arm, InnoPeak Technology. The tech giant accuses Chi of downloading 63 confidential files about health-sensing and temperature technology onto a USB drive just before leaving the company.
Shi allegedly set up private meetings with Apple Watch team members to gather research data. shared proprietary hardware and software details in a presentation given to hundreds of Oppo engineers. Apple is seeking damages, restitution, and a preliminary injunction to quarantine exposed Oppo employees and audit their systems.
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