{"id":295155,"date":"2025-11-16T13:15:14","date_gmt":"2025-11-16T13:15:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/295155\/"},"modified":"2025-11-16T13:15:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-16T13:15:14","slug":"a-federal-jury-ruled-that-apple-has-to-pay-634-million-for-infringing-smartwatch-patents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/295155\/","title":{"rendered":"A federal jury ruled that Apple has to pay $634 million for infringing smartwatch patents"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">In a longstanding and complicated <a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:1;pos:1\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/apple-infringed-masimo-pulse-oximeter-patent-103726704.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:legal battle;elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:1;pos:1;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">legal battle<\/a> between Apple and Masimo, a recent ruling from a California jury may be the first step towards a certain conclusion. As reported by <a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:2;pos:1\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/us-jury-says-apple-must-pay-masimo-634-million-smartwatch-patent-case-2025-11-15\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Reuters;elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:2;pos:1;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">Reuters<\/a>, a federal jury sided with Masimo, a medical tech company known for its patient monitoring devices, when it said that Apple infringed on the company&#8217;s patent for technology that tracks blood-oxygen levels.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">The case revolves around whether Apple violated Masimo&#8217;s patent related to blood-oxygen sensors, which the jury claimed can be seen with the Apple Watch&#8217;s Workout and Heart Rate apps. According to Reuters, Apple disagreed with the verdict, adding that &#8220;the single patent in this case expired in 2022, and is specific to historic patient monitoring technology from decades ago.&#8221; The tech giant is reportedly planning to appeal the decision.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">While there may be some closure with this California lawsuit, Apple and Masimo are entangled in a web of related but separate lawsuits. Masimo first accused Apple of infringing on its pulse oximeter patents, leading to Apple <a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:3;pos:1\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/apple-will-pause-watch-series-9-and-ultra-2-sales-in-the-us-due-to-a-patent-dispute-142051903.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:temporarily halting sales;elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:3;pos:1;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">temporarily halting sales<\/a> of its Series 9 and Ultra 2 smartwatches. In August, Apple redesigned its blood-oxygen monitoring feature and rolled it out to the Series 9, Series 10 and Ultra 2. The redesign was approved by the US Customs and Border Protection, but Masimo <a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:4;pos:1\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/wearables\/masimo-files-lawsuit-over-apples-redesigned-blood-oxygen-monitoring-feature-130054895.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:filed a suit;elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:4;pos:1;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">filed a suit<\/a> against the agency for overstepping its authority by allowing the sale of these updated Apple Watches without input from Masimo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In a longstanding and complicated legal battle between Apple and Masimo, a recent ruling from a California jury&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":295156,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[517,516,28,154132,154133,152873],"class_list":{"0":"post-295155","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business","8":"tag-apple","9":"tag-apple-watch","10":"tag-business","11":"tag-california-jury","12":"tag-federal-jury","13":"tag-masimo"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295155","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=295155"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295155\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/295156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=295155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=295155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=295155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}