Category: U.S. International Trade Commission
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Gallium nitride patent wars: ITC judge believes Innoscience infringes one of four patents originally asserted by EPC, but PTAB IPR is pending
Administrative Law Judge Clark Cheney has identified a patent infringement by Innoscience. Efficient Power Conversion prevailed on one of the four patents it originally asserted.
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Federal Circuit upholds ITC holding on domestic industry in cases where products don’t each practice all patents-in-suit
The Federal Circuit today affirmed a USTIC decision according to which economic data must be available for separate groups of products if not all of them practice all patents-in-suit.
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If you recently bought an Apple Watch in the U.S., you’ll likely get pulse oximetry for free, provided that Apple’s appeal succeeds
Apple can install all Watch models into the U.S. market and sell them there because Masimo’s import ban over a pulse oximetry
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Federal Circuit reinstates Apple Watch ban because Apple can sell version without pulse oximetry: what’s next?
The Federal Circuit has reinstated the Apple Watch import and sales ban as of tomorrow, but apparently didn’t weigh the merits of the appeal and focused on the fact Apple has obtained clearance of a workaround version without pulse oximetry.
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Apple asks court to allow continued sales of Apple Watch with pulse oximetry after securing clearance of version without
After securing customs clearance of an Apple Watch without pulse oximetry, Apple still asks the Federal Circuit to allow it to sell Apple Watches with that feature while its appeal is pending.
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Apple free to import Apple Watch into U.S. market after removal of pulse oximetry feature: court filing
Masimo has just told the Federal Circuit that Apple’s modified Apple Watch, which comes without pulse oximetry, has been cleared by U.S. Customs and Border Protection as Apple removed the pulse oximetry feature altogether.
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U.S. trade agency ITC incredibly portrays Apple as unrepentant infringer despite Masimo clearly abusing patents
The USITC incredibly accuses Apple of wanting to get away with intellectual property infringement while being completely insensitive to the serious issued raises by Masimo’s abusive patent filing tactics.
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Appeals court lifts U.S. Apple Watch ban (for now)
The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has granted Apple’s motion for an interim stay of the enforcement of the ITC’s limited exclusion order (U.S. import ban).
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U.S. Apple Watch ban fairly likely to go away on January 12 (if not sooner): workaround and appeal
Apple has filed an emergency motion with the Federal Circuit to lift the U.S. import ban on the Apple Watch. And U.S. customs will decide on January 12 whether a modified product is in the clear.
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Biden Administration doesn’t ‘pardon’ Apple: U.S. import ban over Apple Watch has taken effect
This article went live about an hour after the expiration of a Presidential veto deadline in the patent dispute between Masimo and Apple. There is every resaon to assume that the U.S. import ban of certain Apple Watch products has now taken effect.