The news broke a few days ago and the world echoed it: Apple had to stop selling its Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra for infringement of two patents of the Masimo company related to the detection of oxygen in blood. These limitations are limited to the United States and today, December 22, was the date they should not be available on their website and that is how it is. Apple placed the sign of ‘Currently unavailable’ on its official website within both models and removed the oxygen detection information. The following checkpoint
Apple complies with the decision and stops selling its watches in the United States
After a long legal battle, the International Trade Commission (ITC) of the United States determined that Apple had infringed two patents of the company Masimo for the creation of the blood oxygen detection sensor present in Apple Watches since the Apple Watch Series 6. Key dates of the ITC resolution started yesterday, December 21, Apple Day was supposed to stop selling the Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 on its official US website.
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Apple will not be able to sell its Apple Watch in the United States
And so it was. The website already displays the “Currently Unavailable” sign as well as removing all information related to blood oxygen detection from these devices. The next step is will stop selling the watches starting December 24 in its physical stores in the United States. However, there is an ace up his sleeve that we seem to have less and less intention of throwing every day: it is the veto of the president of the government Joe Biden, who had 60 days to veto the resolution of the ITC and has not yet done so. done yet. This 60-day period ends on December 25.
As 9to5mac comments, if the veto does not happen, it is likely that on December 26 Apple will appeal the ITC’s final decision to the United States Court of Appeals to try to revoke the sanction. However, everything seems difficult for Apple on this issue since Although retailers like Amazon or Best Buy may sell their devices, When they run out of supply, they will not be able to import additional devices.
We’ll see how this all ends…even if it doesn’t look great for Apple.
