Apple Loses Latest Bid to Avert Patent Dispute That Has Halted Online US Sales of 2 Watch Models

Published on December 22, 2023

CUPERTINO, Calif.—Apple on Thursday stopped online sales of two popular models of its internet-connected watch in the United States after losing its latest attempt to untangle a patent dispute that’s blocking it from using some of the technology on the device. Both the Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 became unavailable to order online beginning at 3 p.m. ET, as the company followed through on its plan to suspend sales of them because of a legal battle over an intellectual property claim filed by medical technology company Masimo. The International Trade Commission on rejected Apple’s bid to get around a late October order blocking the company from using some of technology underlying the Blood Oxygen measurement feature on the Series 9 and Ultra 2 watches....

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