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This is the best summary I could come up with:
Apple had requested a stay on the ban while it appealed a US International Trade Commission ruling that went into effect last month.
The redesigned watches will not contain a pulse oximeter function, a medical scanner technology that measures the oxygen concentration in the blood stream and the feature that was at issue in the patent dispute.
Customers who have already purchased an Apple Watch Series 9 or Ultra 2 with the pulse oximeter feature will not be affected.
The import ban stems from an October ITC ruling that the pulse oximeter feature in the advanced Apple Watch models violated a patent belonging to California company Masimo.
The ruling meant that Apple could no longer import the offending models to the United States, and the company began pulling them off of its shelves when the ban officially went into effect in December.
Masimo CEO Joe Kiani in a statement cheered the decision to end the temporary pause on the ban, calling it “a victory for the integrity of the American patent system and the safety of people relying on pulse oximetry.”
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