DOTmed December 29, 2023
Through an appeals court, Apple has hit pause on the International Trade Commission’s ban that bars it from selling Apple Watches containing a disputed blood oxygen sensor allegedly designed with stolen trade secrets.
The ITC proposed the ban in October based on a January 2023 verdict that found Apple guilty of infringing on a patent by Masimo, which accused Apple of stealing multiple patents and its employees to design the light-based pulse oximetry functionality that debuted in 2020 in the company’s Apple Watch Series 6 version.
The ban was scheduled to take effect on Christmas day and was not vetoed by President Joe Biden, who had 60 days to do so. Apple ended sales for the Apple Watch Series 9...