Apple is allowed to sell 2 Watch models once again as its IP battle continues in court

Fortune December 27, 2023
The Associated Press

Two higher-end models of the Apple Watch can go on sale again after a federal court temporarily lifted a sales halt ordered by the International Trade Commission over a patent dispute.

The ITC, a federal agency, ordered the halt in October to block Apple from using specific technologies underpinning a blood-oxygen measurement system in its Series 9 and Ultra 2 watches. Apple has been embroiled in an intellectual property dispute with the medical technology company Masimo over those technologies.

Apple cut off online sales of the watches in the U.S. last week, just days from the Christmas holiday, to comply with the ITC ruling. The court’s action will allow sales of the two Apple Watch models pending its decision on...

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