The trade secret portion of the Central District of California case filed by Masimo and Cercacor Laboratories against Apple ended in a mistrial early last week. Hearing evidence for around three weeks and then deliberating for several days, the jury sent out multiple notes to the judge, the fourth of which indicating that it was “not going to be able to come to a joint conclusion” and that it was “ready to stop the whole process with not being able to agree”. District Judge James V. Selna then declared a mistrial. The dispute between these parties, however, is much wider.