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Apple to halt Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 sales in the US this week

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Re: Apple to halt Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 sales in the US this week

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Post by rvnx »

TheSoftwareGuy wrote: post #60
speedylight wrote: post #55

Since Masimo is a publicly traded company, can’t Apple just buy enough shares to have a controlling interest in the company and just force them to back out?

Hostile takeovers aren't usually that fast, but yes apple can probably afford to buy the company, one way or another

Even more hostile scenario (if this is even legal, probably not, though I'm not sure):

Apple could borrow a large amount of shares of Masimo and short the company.

They have enough cash for that, and the borrow fee might be less than the settlement costs, plus they could profit from the operation.

Re: Apple to halt Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 sales in the US this week

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Post by ladberg »

speedylight wrote: post #55

Since Masimo is a publicly traded company, can’t Apple just buy enough shares to have a controlling interest in the company and just force them to back out?

It's pretty nontrivial to buy a majority interest in any public company. It's not like you can just spend 1/2 the current market cap to acquire it, the price will shoot up drastically as soon as the market is aware of someone (especially Apple) trying to do it.

Re: Apple to halt Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 sales in the US this week

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Post by gunapologist99 »

rvnx wrote: post #57
gunapologist99 wrote: post #54

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> their pockets aren't infinitely deep Interesting take

Is there any way to implement a portable oximeter without infringing on any patents ? Furthermore, is there any way to do anything without infringing on any patent ? The patent system is really outdated, it's good for lazy people who want to live off royalties, but for end-customers and innovation, this is really bad. (and it does a bad job at preventing foreign companies to launch clones)

Apple has the best engineers and can probably figure out a way

Re: Apple to halt Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 sales in the US this week

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Post by mikestew »

gunapologist99 wrote: post #54
mikestew wrote: post #44

If Biden sides with Masimo and Apple’s appeals are unsuccessful, it may have to modify the Watch’s software to remove the blood oxygen feature in order to resume sales. Not that I use the feature all that often, but if I did, I guess it would be time to turn off automatic updates until it gets sorted. TFA is extremely light on details, given that Apple is effectively ordering a stop-ship on their hardware. Was there…

> their pockets aren't infinitely deep Interesting take

I'm sure you're familiar with the meaning of "infinite", as I'm sure you are familiar with the difference between "market capitalization" and "cash on hand".

Assuming those two statements to be true, what's your point?

EDIT: and I see parent pulled a ninja edit. Stay classy.

Re: Apple to halt Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 sales in the US this week

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Post by [deleted] »

ladberg wrote: post #62
speedylight wrote: post #55

Since Masimo is a publicly traded company, can’t Apple just buy enough shares to have a controlling interest in the company and just force them to back out?

It's pretty nontrivial to buy a majority interest in any public company. It's not like you can just spend 1/2 the current market cap to acquire it, the price will shoot up drastically as soon as the market is aware of someone (especially Apple) trying to do it.

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Re: Apple to halt Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 sales in the US this week

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Post by speedylight »

ladberg wrote: post #62
speedylight wrote: post #55

Since Masimo is a publicly traded company, can’t Apple just buy enough shares to have a controlling interest in the company and just force them to back out?

It's pretty nontrivial to buy a majority interest in any public company. It's not like you can just spend 1/2 the current market cap to acquire it, the price will shoot up drastically as soon as the market is aware of someone (especially Apple) trying to do it.

As long as the cost is less than what apple makes from the watches annually, it would still be worth it, no?

Re: Apple to halt Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 sales in the US this week

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Post by kasey_junk »

rvnx wrote: post #61
TheSoftwareGuy wrote: post #60

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hostile takeovers aren't usually that fast, but yes apple can probably afford to buy the company, one way or another

Even more hostile scenario (if this is even legal, probably not, though I'm not sure): Apple could borrow a large amount of shares of Masimo and short the company. They have enough cash for that, and the borrow fee might be less than the settlement costs, plus they could profit from the operation.

Wait. How does that help them sell Apple Watches? Like actually do the whole trade here for me so I can understand.
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