Apple Wins Reprieve On US Ban On Smart Watch Sales

Yahoo Finance reports:

Apple can for now resume sales of its flagship smartwatches, after a U.S. appeals court on Wednesday paused a government commission’s import ban on the devices imposed in a patent dispute over its medical monitoring technology.

The tech giant had filed an emergency request asking the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit to halt an order from the U.S. International Trade Commission, which had ruled that Apple had infringed on California-based Masimo’s patents.

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The Apple Watch ban has just been PAUSED, due to an emergency request to the US court of appeals, via @9to5mac

Apple can now sell Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 until at least January 10, 2024 where another extension would need to be granted. pic.twitter.com/3GuuzDhjI0

— AppleTrack (@appltrack) December 27, 2023