One patent is enough to ban Apple Watch imports and to call it patent infringement, so I don't quite see your point. Can Apple import Apple Watches and parts, no, 'nuff said. I hope Apple settles soon, but right now, that's the way it is, Apple loses some. I happen to think patents go to far too, but that really has no bearing on Selling Apple Watches in the U.S. right now.. Besides, I bet Apple makes money off patents too.
You have dates. If this is all it took then the judges wouldn’t have banned sales of the products.
The patents came into effect on those dates. The point is that Apple developed the watch with the infringing technology before those dates. After those dates, Apple was on the hook for infringement. Until those dates, the technology was fair game.
I’m missing something here. What’s the thing that Ford can’t import or do, and why?
I just wonder, still iPhone bought in US has to be shipped to US for repair or someone can have a travel / ask someone in EU / Canada for repair?
Cheers from Poland in EU where we even don’t have official Apple Stores just certified resellers who sign for repair and then ship to Czech Republic
Not related to my question I guess
Not related to my question I guess
I just wonder about workarounds for people in current ban situation.
Similar thought. I have family that loves in Canada. I travel there every now and then. Would Apple Canada be able to, say for example, do the battery replacement for my Ultra when I need it?
Yes but go read the specifics of the patent. It doesn’t just deal with a fingertip.
The warranty is an international one so yes. And outside warranty too. It's one advantage of buying from a big business like Apple that you can get your devices serviced all around the world, well, as long as you are in western-ish country that has an Apple presence at all.
Excellent. Then at least there’s a possible route for me if this whole ban thing lasts for a long time.
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True, but it doesn't explicitly anticipate a smart watch either. Masimo was trying to get new claims to cover the Apple Watch after the fact. So far they have had some success and some failure on this. We'll see how the appeal goes.
It's a metaphor. Ford can still sell trucks already produced....if Chevy were to do the same thing to Ford. Apple can still sell watches and the ban only stops new watches from coming in, which becomes absolutely stupid because although Apple can't bring them into the USA, American customers can buy abroad and have it shipped...and we're playing a stupid import ban in the world's wealthiest nation....
I will repost this reply I saw on Ars Technica (which could have come from Macrumours, for all I know).
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My bet is on Cook knowing what he is doing. Masimo's CEO is also its founder and he's emotionally tied up in this dispute, angry at Apple for not paying up. For Apple, it's just business and if they were bad at that then this forum wouldn't exist.I will repost this reply I saw on Ars Technica (which could have come from Macrumours, for all I know).
No last-minute reprieve, US ban on some Apple Watch sales now in effect
Watch Series 9 and Watch Ultra 2 blood oxygen sensors are patent-infringing.
Maybe it will end up being one giant miscalculation by Apple, maybe it won't. That's US patent law for you, and I guess the takeaway is that it's still early days, many people seem all too eager to sound the death knell for Apple. But I have come to realise that Apple plays the long game better than any other tech company that I know, and if they decide not to settle with Masimo, I am going to assume Tim Cook knows what he is doing.
Tim Cook has become a mean, greedy, evil man. I was already to the point of not wanting to be an Apple customer anymore. I am just sick them. Switched to the Pixel 8 this year after 10 years on an iPhone.
I will be very worried if Apple can't fix this by WWDC 2024....that is basically 9 months of sales down the drain!
