Apple Again Banned From Importing Watches With Blood Oxygen Sensor

Apple could potentially circumvent the ban by importing redesigned watches that lack certain disputed feature.
Apple Again Banned From Importing Watches With Blood Oxygen Sensor
An Apple Watch Ultra 2 device is displayed for sale at an Apple retail store on release day in Los Angeles, California, on Sept. 22, 2023. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images
Bill Pan
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A ban on importing Apple Watches with blood oxygen sensors will be reinstated on Thursday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit said.

In a decision handed down Wednesday, the federal appeal court did not rule on Apple’s effort to appeal a U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) ruling that prevented the company from importing smartwatches involved in a patent dispute. However, it lifted an injunction that had blocked the ITC ruling from taking effect while Apple appealed the underlying import ban.

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