Apple Inc. v. ITC

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Case Number:

24-1285

Court:

Appellate - Federal Circuit

Nature of Suit:

Agency 

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  1. August 27, 2024

    Fed. Circ. Won't Speed Up Apple Watch Ban Appeal

    The Federal Circuit on Tuesday denied Apple Inc.'s request to expedite oral arguments in its appeal challenging the U.S. International Trade Commission's decision banning the tech giant from selling Apple Watches with a "blood oxygen" feature in the Masimo patent case.

  2. August 16, 2024

    Apple Needs To Wait Its Turn In ITC, Masimo Tells Fed. Circ.

    Apple wants to speed up its appeal over a U.S. International Trade Commission patent ruling that forced the company to disable an Apple Watch feature that measures the oxygen in blood, but both its courthouse rival and the agency itself say there's no compelling reason to cut in line.

  3. August 08, 2024

    Apple Wins Bid For 2 Trials In IP Dispute With Masimo

    A California federal judge will hold separate trials on Masimo Corp.'s trade secrets and patent claims over the Apple Watch, siding with Apple Inc. and rejecting Masimo's request for one later trial on all the issues, in a case with potentially billions of dollars at stake.

  4. April 30, 2024

    Tech. Orgs Deny Being 'Apple's Puppets' In Watch Ban Fight

    A group of technology industry groups claimed they are "not Apple's puppets" as they seek to back the company in its Federal Circuit appeal of the U.S. International Trade Commission's ban on imports of Apple Watch models capable of monitoring blood oxygen levels.

  5. April 06, 2024

    Apple Asks Fed. Circ. To Upend ITC Watch Feature Ban

    The U.S. International Trade Commission overstepped its authority in banning the import of the Apple Watch after finding it infringes Masimo Corp. patents on technology measuring oxygen in blood, Apple told the Federal Circuit on Friday, saying Masimo rushed its claims before the commission without having a product practicing the asserted patents.

  6. March 06, 2024

    CBP Details Apple Watch Redesign OK In Masimo Patent Row

    U.S. Customs and Border Protection has released its January decision finding that redesigned Apple Watches do not infringe Masimo Corp.'s blood oxygen monitor patents, explaining that while the new versions can access the patented feature, doing so requires "significant alteration."

  7. January 17, 2024

    Apple Drops Blood Oxygen Tech From New Watches After Ban

    After the Federal Circuit ruled Wednesday that Apple can't import Apple Watches that include a blood oxygen sensor found to infringe two Masimo patents, Apple said the feature will be dropped from its flagship watch models sold beginning Thursday.

  8. January 16, 2024

    Apple Rips ITC, Masimo In Bid To Keep Original Watch On Sale

    Apple urged the Federal Circuit on Monday to let it keep selling Apple Watches with a blood oxygen monitor found by the U.S. International Trade Commission to infringe Masimo's patents, saying arguments for an import ban by the ITC and Masimo are "procedurally improper" and "fundamentally unfair."

  9. January 15, 2024

    Apple Cleared To Avoid Import Ban With Redesigned Watch

    U.S. Customs and Border Protection has found that redesigned versions of the Apple Watch without a blood oxygen monitor are not subject to an import ban in a patent dispute with Masimo, according to a Monday court filing by Masimo.

  10. January 11, 2024

    Fed. Circ. Asked To Resume Ban On Apple Watch Imports

    The U.S. International Trade Commission and California medical tech company Masimo have panned Apple's efforts to delay a ban on imports of some of its much-litigated lines of Apple Watches, with the agency saying Apple's "weak and unconvincing" arguments are mere requests for "permission to continue infringing."