San Francisco | Apple’s plan to halt online sales of its smartwatch four days before Christmas to comply with a regulator’s order shows that it is in a legal jam.
The company has known for almost two months that a ban imposed by the International Trade Commission would take effect December 25 unless it persuaded the Biden administration to intervene – or worked out a settlement with Masimo, the medical device maker that accused it of copying patented technology for measuring blood-oxygen levels.
