Apple appeals US trade ban on Apple Watches

Apple appeals US trade ban on Apple Watches

Apple has now argued before a US appeals court that the ITC’s US ban on Apple Watches with the pulse oximetry feature should be overturned.

The company has been involved in a patent dispute with medical technology company Masimo for over a year. The case, which doesn’t affect previous Apple Watch models, claimed that Apple copied patented Masimo technology in its implementation of the blood oxygen detection feature in Apple’s two most recent models.

The US Court of Appeals has finally returned to the case between Apple and Masimo to hear Apple’s appeal of the ITC ruling as of April 5th. The company told the court that Masimo’s victory with the ITC was based on two flawed claims: the validity of Masimo’s affected patents, and that Masimo claimed it was making competing products.

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