Apple Inc. v. International Trade Commission (Fed. Cir., March 19, 2026) 2024-1285

This episode is about an opinion from the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit which details a high-stakes legal battle between Apple Inc. and Masimo Corporation. The court reviewed an earlier decision by the International Trade Commission (ITC), which found that the Apple Watch infringed on Masimo's patented blood oxygen sensor technology. Apple challenged the ruling on several grounds, arguing that Masimo failed to prove it had a "domestic industry" for the technology and that the patents themselves were invalid. However, the appellate court rejected these arguments, affirming that Masimo provided sufficient evidence of its prototypes and research investments in the United States. Consequently, the court upheld the limited exclusion order that prohibits Apple from importing infringing watch models. This ruling solidifies the ITC's authority to protect domestic intellectual property from being undermined by foreign-manufactured imports.

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