Apple slapped with $2 billion federal lawsuit over Apple Watch
A Detroit woman has filed a federal lawsuit claiming Apple stole her patented idea for a smart watch. “I was the first to put in for a patent for a ‘computer wrist watch,'” Daisy Washington-Gross said in the suit filed Friday in Eastern Michigan U.S. District Court.
Washington-Gross claims Apple’s watch infringed on her pending patent for the “Detachable Beeper Disc Digital Gym Shoe Computer Watch.” She’s demanding $2 billion.
Analysts have told Fortune magazine they believe Apple sold almost 6 million of its watches in the last quarter of 2015. Apple sells most of its watches for $299 to $749.
