Apple Watch’s Restored Blood Oxygen Tracking Attracts Another Lawsuit

Masimo isn’t happy astir nan CBP reversing its erstwhile Apple Watch import ban.

Medical tech institution Masimo is suing US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) successful an effort to overturn nan agency’s determination to let Apple to reconstruct nan humor oxygen search characteristic connected Apple Watches.

Apple has been embroiled successful ineligible disputes complete Masimo’s humor oxygen sensor patent since 2020, disabling nan characteristic connected supported US Apple Watch models pursuing an ITC import ban successful December 2023. In a title revenge connected Wednesday, Masimo said that nan CBP grounded to notify nan institution of its determination to reverse nan International Trade Commission restrictions, leaving Masimo pinch nary opportunity to reappraisal aliases situation nan ruling. Masimo said it only learned that nan prohibition had been reversed aft Apple announced its “redesigned” beat oximetry feature past week, which now calculates humor oxygen levels connected iPhones alternatively of nan Watch.

While nary nonstop accusations were made, Masimo called retired successful nan filing that Apple has made “a bid of important investments successful nan United States” aft its appeals to overturn nan ITC prohibition were denied. Masimo noted that nan CBP past allowed Apple to reactivate nan feature, contempt nan institution continuing to infringe connected Masimo’s patents, and that “whatever proceeding led to this caller ruling departed substantially from CBP’s established believe regarding LEO ruling requests.”

“Each passing time that this unlawful ruling remains successful effect irreparably deprives Masimo of its correct to beryllium free from unfair waste and acquisition practices and to sphere its competitory opinionated successful nan US marketplace,” Masimo said successful a supporting connection seen by Bloomberg Law.

Masimo is seeking a impermanent restraining bid and preliminary injunction to forestall nan caller ruling that allows Apple to reconstruct humor oxygen features, and reinstate nan original ruling that wished Apple could only import Watches to nan US if nan infringing patent tech had been wholly disabled.