Overview

• Apple filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court in San Jose naming Chen Shi, Guangdong OPPO and InnoPeak, alleging misuse of Apple Watch health‑sensing research.
• The lawsuit claims Shi downloaded 63 files from a protected Box folder three days before leaving Apple and copied them to a USB drive the day before departure.
• Apple cites messages in which Shi told an OPPO health executive he was collecting internal materials to share, to which the executive replied “alright” with an OK emoji.
• According to the complaint, Shi concealed plans to join OPPO by saying he would return to China to help his parents, then joined OPPO’s Silicon Valley research center operating under the OPPO and InnoPeak brands.
• OPPO says it found no evidence linking the allegations to the employee’s conduct during his time at the company and asserts it has not misappropriated Apple’s trade secrets.