India, Aug. 25 -- The intellectual property surrounding the Apple Watch over the last few years has been controversial. First, it was the lawsuit with Masimo wherein Apple was ordered to stop shipping the SpO2 feature on the Apple Watch in the US (redesigned version now back in the US). Now, the Apple Watch intellectual property has again been in the headlines. However, this time, Apple itself has filed a lawsuit against one of its former employees, Chen Shi, who now works for OPPO.

Apple, in its lawsuit as spotted by MacRumors, alleges that Chen Shi, also referred to as Dr Shi in the official complaint, engaged in trade secret misappropriation and breach of contract, and claims that she conspired to steal Apple's trade secrets relating ...