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  • Writer's pictureBy The Financial District
    • Apr 8
    • 1 min read

Apple Asks U.S. Appeals Court To Nix Apple Watch Import Ban

Apple urged a US appeals court on Friday to overturn a US trade tribunal's decision to ban imports of some Apple Watches in a patent dispute with medical-monitoring technology company Masimo, Blake Brittain reported for Reuters.


Apple asserts that Masimo failed to show it had invested in making competing US products that would justify the order. I Photo: Apple



Apple told the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit that the US International Trade Commission's decision was based on a "series of substantively defective patent rulings," and that Masimo failed to show it had invested in making competing US products that would justify the order.


Irvine, California-based Masimo has accused Apple of hiring away its employees and stealing its pulse oximetry technology after discussing a potential collaboration.


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Apple first introduced pulse oximetry to its Series 6 Apple Watches in 2020. Masimo convinced the ITC on Dec. 26 to block imports of Apple's latest-edition Series 9 and Ultra 2 smartwatches after finding that their technology for reading blood-oxygen levels infringed Masimo's patents.




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