It is possible that the U. S. Court of AppealsHear the company’s appeal to request a suspension as soon as Jan. 15. Meanwhile, Apple has also submitted conceivable redesigns of the two affected watches to U. S. customs. U. S.
A day after the Apple Watch was banned from importing into the United States, an appeals court instituted a pause. The ruling also comes a day after Apple filed an emergency petition with the U. S. Court of Appeals.
The pause will remain in effect until the court takes further action. However, the Apple Watch Series 9 and Watch Ultra 2 remain unavailable from the company just a week after their initial recall.
The fight centers on two patents that Masimo, the Southern California fitness generation company, claims Apple violated with the wearable’s pulse oximetry sensor. Masimo also accused Apple of poaching Masimo workers to build the blood oxygen sensor, which first arrived in 2020 with the Watch Series 6.
Apple has not yet responded to TechCrunch’s request for comment on this new update, but the hardware giant has categorically denied infringing Masimo’s intellectual property. After the Biden administration refused to veto the International Trade Commission’s October ruling, Apple said: “We strongly disagree with the USITC ruling and the resulting exclusion order, and are taking all necessary steps. ” to return the Apple Watch Series nine and Apple Watch Ultra 2 to US consumers as soon as possible.
Masimo, on the other hand, portrayed the war as David’s and not Goliath’s. In October, founder and CEO Joe Kiani said, “Today’s ruling through the USITC sends a stark message that not even the world’s largest company is above the law. “This vital resolution is a strong validation of our efforts to hold Apple accountable for the illegal appropriation of our proprietary technology.
Masimo has implied that it could be open to licensing the technology to Apple for a fee, though the latter is currently more interested in exploring all legal avenues.