{"id":10613,"date":"2025-11-16T01:53:59","date_gmt":"2025-11-16T01:53:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/a-federal-jury-ruled-that-apple-has-to-pay-634-million-for-infringing-smartwatch-patents\/"},"modified":"2025-11-16T01:53:59","modified_gmt":"2025-11-16T01:53:59","slug":"a-federal-jury-ruled-that-apple-has-to-pay-634-million-for-infringing-smartwatch-patents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/a-federal-jury-ruled-that-apple-has-to-pay-634-million-for-infringing-smartwatch-patents\/","title":{"rendered":"A federal jury ruled that Apple has to pay $634 million for infringing smartwatch patents"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">In a longstanding and complicated legal battle between Apple and Masimo, a recent ruling from a California jury may be the first step towards a certain conclusion. As reported by <em>Reuters<\/em>, a federal jury sided with Masimo, a medical tech company known for its patient monitoring devices, when it said that Apple infringed on the company&rsquo;s patent for technology that tracks blood-oxygen levels.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">The case revolves around whether Apple violated Masimo&rsquo;s patent related to blood-oxygen sensors, which the jury claimed can be seen with the Apple Watch&rsquo;s Workout and Heart Rate apps. According to <em>Reuters<\/em>, Apple disagreed with the verdict, adding that &ldquo;the single patent in this case expired in 2022, and is specific to historic patient monitoring technology from decades ago.&rdquo; The tech giant is reportedly planning to appeal the decision.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">While there may be some closure with this California lawsuit, Apple and Masimo are entangled in a web of related but separate lawsuits. Masimo first accused Apple of infringing on its pulse oximeter patents, leading to Apple temporarily halting sales of its Series 9 and Ultra 2 smartwatches. In August, Apple redesigned its blood-oxygen monitoring feature and rolled it out to the Series 9, Series 10 and Ultra 2. The redesign was approved by the US Customs and Border Protection, but Masimo filed a suit against the agency for overstepping its authority by allowing the sale of these updated Apple Watches without input from Masimo.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><sub>A federal jury ruled that Apple has to pay $634 million for infringing smartwatch patents<\/sub><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a longstanding and complicated legal battle between Apple and Masimo, a recent ruling from a California jury may be the first step towards a certain conclusion. As reported by Reuters, a federal jury sided with Masimo, a medical tech company known for its patient monitoring devices, when it said that Apple infringed on the&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/a-federal-jury-ruled-that-apple-has-to-pay-634-million-for-infringing-smartwatch-patents\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;A federal jury ruled that Apple has to pay $634 million for infringing smartwatch patents&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10614,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10613","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10613","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10613"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10613\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}