North Carolina-based biometrics technology firm Valencell yesterday filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Apple in a federal court, alleging that the maker of the Apple Watch resorted to skullduggery to pry information from it about heart-rate sensors.

“This practice is consistent with the statement by [former] Apple CEO Steve Jobs that Apple has ‘always been shameless about stealing great ideas,'” Valencell’s complaint of Monday read.

Valencell filed a similar lawsuit against Fitbit on the same day.

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