An appeals court has temporarily halted the sales ban on certain models of Apple Watches—allowing the company to resume sales from January 5 through January 10.
Apple won a temporary victory in their patent dispute over new Apple Watch models.
The ruling by the Court of Appeals for the Federal District on Wednesday temporarily blocked a decision by the International Trade Commission that found Apple infringed on medical supply company Masimo’s patent for a blood-oxygen detection technology.
Apple appealed the decision by the International Trade Commission on Tuesday, shortly after President Biden declined to veto the ITC’s decision.
Lawyers for the tech giant argued that Apple would “suffer continuing irreparable harm to its reputation and goodwill” if it is not allowed to sell Apple Watches with the technology selling its flagship Apple Watch products with the technology.
The Court also ordered Apple to “comply with the same bond requirements set forth by the Commission” while the stay is in effect.
Apple is requesting a longer stay, and the court gave the ITC until January 10 to file a response to Apple’s request.