Apple’s ban on importing its Watches and selling them in the US has been put on pause, just a week after the company stopped sales of the Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2.Apple has now confirmed to TechCrunch that the Series 9 and Ultra 2 are available once again in stores and will be in its online shop from Thursday, Dec. 28. How long they stay available for, though, is trickier to tell.
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The road that’s led up to this point has been a twisty one. Back in October, the US International Trade Commission (ITC) upheld a January ruling regarding Apple Watch’s blood-oxygen tracking technology infringing a patent from medical tech company Masimo. This led to the current import ban, which was upheld after the Biden administration declined a presidential veto, leading Apple to pause sales of the products last week — before the appeals court then put a pause on the ban that’s allowing Watches to go on sale again (yep, it’s all a bit complicated). The ban will now stay on pause until the appeals court makes its next move.
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