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Late-night email to Tim Cook that set the Apple Watch saga in motion

Late-night email to Tim Cook that set the Apple Watch saga in motion

The tech giant’s decision to hire a Stanford engineering PhD named Marcelo Lamego is seen as the spark that sent lawyers after it.

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About 1am one night in 2013, a scientist emailed Apple chief executive officer Tim Cook with an irresistible pitch. “I strongly believe that we can develop the new wave of technology that will make Apple the No. 1 brand in the medical, fitness and wellness market,” he wrote in the email, which was later included in legal documents.

Ten hours after the message was sent, an Apple recruiter was in touch. And just weeks after that, the engineer was working at the tech company on a smartwatch with health sensors.

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