All Eyes On US Patent And Trademark Board As ITC Approves Apple Watch Import Ban

An import ban on Apple Watches has been put on hold as the US Patent and Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) reviews AliveCor’s patent appeal.

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The US International Trade Commission has issued a final ruling that Apple infringed on AliveCor Inc.’s patented electrocardiogram technology and banning the offending Apple Watches (series 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8) from being imported into the country.

However, the ban was placed on hold because an appeal in the case is still before the PTAB. The patent board sided with Apple last month, finding that all 30 of AliveCor’s claims were unpatentable

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