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11 March 2025NewsAmericasMuireann Bolger

Fed Circ removes Apple import watch ban threat

Appeals court affirms PTAB’s invalidation of three heart monitoring patents | Decision voids limited exclusion order that could have halted Apple watch imports into the US.

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