ITC Bans Importation of Apple Watches in Masimo Patent Dispute

In a win for Masimo, the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) banned the importation of Apple watches with light-based oximetry technology that monitors heart rate and blood oxygen because the watches violate two patents held by Masimo.

In 2021, Masimo requested that the U.S. government stop allowing importation of Apple Watch models that violated its patents. An administrative law judge in Washington D.C., ruled that certain Apple watches, starting with 2020’s Series 6 and continuing through current versions, infringe on pulse oximeter patents held by Masimo.

Then, in September, the U.S. Court of Appeals Federal Circuit determined that the Patent Trial and Appeal Board decision that favored Masimo was “affirmed-in-part and reversed-in-part” in favor of Apple.

Read the ITC decision here.

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