Apple will halt sales of new models of its smartwatch due to a patent dispute, the company announced on Monday.
The move, which affects Apple Watch Series 9 and Apple Watch Ultra 2, centers on the devices' blood-oxygen sensor.
In October, a federal trade agency found that Apple violated the patent of California-based medical technology company Masimo. The ruling set off a 60-day review period for the Biden administration, which ends on Dec. 25.
Apple has decided to preemptively stop sales of the smartwatches, the company said.
Yet another reason why I feel so negatively about the concept of intellectual property in general. I hope that the presidential review system does the right thing and says "sell away!" instead of...
Yet another reason why I feel so negatively about the concept of intellectual property in general. I hope that the presidential review system does the right thing and says "sell away!" instead of enforcing some irrelevant technicality.
Sadly, I understand that Mr. Biden is a true devotee to the rules-based international order and likely would uphold an ITF ruling as legitimate and enforceable.
The operative question for me is whether Apple copied the R&D from Masimo or if they did their own R&D that independently reached the same conclusions. One of which I view as immoral, the other of...
The operative question for me is whether Apple copied the R&D from Masimo or if they did their own R&D that independently reached the same conclusions. One of which I view as immoral, the other of which makes the entire patent system illegitimate for granting exclusivity rights to whoever happens to be first to file.
Yet another reason why I feel so negatively about the concept of intellectual property in general. I hope that the presidential review system does the right thing and says "sell away!" instead of enforcing some irrelevant technicality.
Sadly, I understand that Mr. Biden is a true devotee to the rules-based international order and likely would uphold an ITF ruling as legitimate and enforceable.
The operative question for me is whether Apple copied the R&D from Masimo or if they did their own R&D that independently reached the same conclusions. One of which I view as immoral, the other of which makes the entire patent system illegitimate for granting exclusivity rights to whoever happens to be first to file.