{"id":1212624,"date":"2023-12-18T14:18:43","date_gmt":"2023-12-18T19:18:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1212624"},"modified":"2023-12-18T14:18:43","modified_gmt":"2023-12-18T19:18:43","slug":"apple-watches-being-pulled-from-stores-this-week-due-to-potential-import-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1212624","title":{"rendered":"Apple Watches being pulled from stores this week due to potential import ban"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"rss-wrap\">\n<figure class=\"intro-image intro-left\">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-09-12-at-12.11.31-PM-1-800x450-1.jpg\" alt=\"Apple Watch Series 9\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\" style=\"font-size:0.8em\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Screenshot-2023-09-12-at-12.11.31-PM-1-scaled.jpg\" class=\"enlarge-link\" data-height=\"1440\" data-width=\"2560\">Enlarge<\/a> <span class=\"sep\">\/<\/span> The Apple Watches Series 9 released in September 2023.  (credit: Apple)<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<div><a name=\"page-1\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Apple will pause sales of the <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/2023\/09\/new-apple-watch-series-9-improves-siri-processing-iphone-finding-and-more\/\">Apple Watch Series 9<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/2023\/09\/apple-announces-the-apple-watch-ultra-2-with-a-blazing-3000-nit-display\/\">Apple Watch Ultra 2<\/a> starting December 21, it revealed today in a statement to <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2023\/12\/18\/apple-halting-apple-watch-series-9-and-apple-watch-ultra-2-sales\/\">9to5Mac<\/a>. The move comes as the products are facing a potential import ban until August 2028, due to rulings that the watches infringe on patents from Masimo.<\/p>\n<p>In October, the US International Trade Commission (ITC) upheld a January ruling that Apple Watches with pulse oximeter features <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/tech-policy\/2023\/10\/apple-watch-facing-potential-ban-after-losing-masimo-patent-case\/\">infringe on two Masimo patents<\/a>. Since then, the case has been under a 60-day Presidential Review Period, which ends December 25. After that date, the watches are subject to an import ban until the patents&#8217; expiration in 2028.<\/p>\n<p>Apple told 9to5Mac:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/?p=1991781#p3\">Read 10 remaining paragraphs<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/?p=1991781&amp;comments=1\">Comments<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource: Ars Technica &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/?p=1991781\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Apple Watches being pulled from stores this week due to potential import ban<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Enlarge \/ The Apple Watches Series 9 released in September 2023. (credit: Apple) Apple will pause sales of the Apple Watch Series 9 and Apple Watch Ultra 2 starting December 21, it revealed today in a statement to 9to5Mac. The &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1212624\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1212625,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,110],"tags":[73],"class_list":["post-1212624","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ars-technica","category-unfiltered-rss","tag-ars-technica"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1212624","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1212624"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1212624\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1212625"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1212624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1212624"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1212624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}