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Apple wins bid to pause apple watch ban at US Appeals Court

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A person tries on an Apple Watch during an unveiling of new products on the Apple campus in Cupertino, California, Sept 12, 2023. [AP Photo]

Apple scored a victory on Wednesday when a U.S. appeals court paused a government commission's import ban on some of the company's popular Apple smartwatches following a patent dispute with medical technology firm Masimo.

The tech giant had filed an emergency request asking the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit to halt the order after appealing the U.S. International Trade Commission's (ITC) decision that it had infringed Masimo's patents.

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