Apple<\/a> on Friday against a bid from medtech company \u200cMasimo to reinstate an import ban on the tech giant’s \u200cApple Watches.<\/p>\nThe U.S. International Trade Commission closed Masimo’s case after declining to review an ITC \u200bjudge’s preliminary March ruling that Apple’s redesigned watches do not infringe Masimo patents related to blood-oxygen reading technology.<\/p>\n
Danaher-owned Masimo can appeal the decision to the Washington-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. A Masimo spokesperson declined \u200cto comment on the \u2060ruling.<\/p>\n
“We thank the ITC for its decision, which ensures we can continue to offer this important health feature to \u2060our users,” Apple said. “For more than six years, Masimo has waged a relentless legal campaign against Apple, and nearly all of its claims have been rejected.”<\/p>\n
The \u200btwo companies \u200bhave been embroiled in a long-running \u200blegal dispute after Masimo accused \u200cApple of hiring away its employees to steal pulse-oximetry technology for determining blood oxygen levels.<\/p>\n
The ITC blocked imports of Apple’s Series 9 and Ultra 2 smartwatches in December 2023 after finding that they infringed Masimo’s patents. Apple removed blood-oxygen reading technology from its watches to avoid the ban, but reintroduced an \u200cupdated version of the technology last August with \u200bapproval from U.S. Customs and Border Protection.<\/p>\n
Updated watches \u200bdisplay health data from \u200bthe blood-oxygen reader on associated Apple devices like the iPhone \u200cand not the watch itself. Apple’s \u200boriginal version displayed \u200bthe data on its watches as well.<\/p>\n
Masimo has separately sued Customs over its approval of the redesigned watches.<\/p>\n
Masimo has also sued Apple in California \u200bfederal court for patent \u200cinfringement and trade-secret theft, and won $634 million in a November patent trial. \u200bApple has said it would appeal the verdict.<\/p>\n
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