March 26, 2026
A Federal Circuit decision upholding a U.S. International Trade Commission exclusion order on the Apple Watch in a patent dispute with Masimo has again eased hurdles for patent owners aiming to make the ITC's required showing that they have domestic industry, attorneys say.
March 19, 2026
The Federal Circuit on Thursday affirmed a U.S. International Trade Commission decision that found a previous version of the Apple Watch infringes two Masimo blood oxygen monitor patents, but the ruling came one day after an ITC judge said Apple's redesigned version does not infringe those patents.
December 10, 2025
Apple Inc. has told the Federal Circuit that the U.S. International Trade Commission's decision last month to review whether a redesigned Apple Watch infringes Masimo Corp. patents "underscores the need" for the appeals court to reverse the ITC's original infringement finding.
July 07, 2025
A Federal Circuit panel on Monday struggled with how to meet domestic industry requirements needed for the U.S. International Trade Commission to issue import bans, as it evaluated the agency's high-profile decision to keep certain Apple Watches out of the U.S.
July 01, 2025
The Federal Circuit's argument calendar this month includes Apple's bid to undo a ruling that caused a blood oxygen monitor feature to be pulled from the Apple Watch, and a challenge by Sonos to a decision that torpedoed its $32.5 million speaker patent verdict against Google.
August 27, 2024
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.
August 16, 2024
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.
August 08, 2024
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.
April 30, 2024
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.
April 06, 2024
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.