Credit: Kaitlyn Cimino / Android Authority
- A US patent court ruled that new Apple Watches, including the Apple Watch Series 9 and Apple Watch Ultra 2, infringe upon certain patents.
- Consequently, Apple stopped selling these smartwatches to comply with the decision.
- The company has filed an emergency request with the Court to pause the ban, but relief could be weeks away.
Apple stopped selling the new Apple Watch Series 9 and Apple Watch Ultra 2 in the US this holiday season, forced by a lost patent dispute. The Watch ban decision was hinging on a veto by the Biden administration, but that relief was declined, pushing Apple to stop sales completely. The company has now filed an appeal against the patent dispute, but a decision around the same may take a while to arrive.
Apple has filed an emergency request for the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit to pause the ban until the US Customs and Border Protection decides whether the redesigned versions of its watches infringe upon patents, as Reuters reports. The customs office is due to decide on January 12, 2024, which is more than two weeks away.