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Apple is resuming sales in the US of its Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 after an appeals court halted a ban handed down by a trade tribunal, the latest development in an ongoing patent battle with health technology company Masimo.
Last week Apple had pulled the latest models of its watch from its online and physical stores in the US in anticipation of the ban from the International Trade Commission taking effect. On Wednesday, after an appeals court granted its request to suspend the ban for now, Apple confirmed the products would be returning to its online and physical stores.
“Apple Watch Series 9 and Apple Watch Ultra 2, including the blood oxygen feature, will become available for purchase again in the United States at Apple Stores starting today and from apple.com tomorrow by 12pm PT,” the company said in a statement.
The watches will initially be available at select physical stores, with wider availability by December 30, Apple said.
Masimo declined to comment.
Apple has been locked in a legal dispute with California-based Masimo over pulse oximetry technology that measures blood oxygen levels by shining light into the wrist. The iPhone maker added these features to the Watch for the first time in 2020, but Masimo has alleged the feature infringed on its own patented technology.