This isn't the first time Apple appropriated someone else's timepice technology and had a legal battle over it. See: https://appleinsider.com/articles/12/11/11/

This isn't the first time Apple appropriated someone else's timepice technology and had a legal battle over it. See: https://appleinsider.com/articles/12/11/11/apple-reportedly-paid-21m-to-use-swiss-railway-clock-design https://appleinsider.com/articles/12/11/11/apple-reportedly-...