At the very end of last year, we announced that the International Trade Commission (International Trade Commissionor ITC) of the United States reaffirmed the decision given in June 2022 that the Apple is guilty of infringing patents AliveCor relating to the electrocardiogram of the Apple Watch. This understanding would still pass by the president of the country, Joe Bidenwhat it might veto it.
Biden, however, today decided not to veto the commission’s decision, which was therefore upheld. According to The HillApple hired a former chair of the commission to try to make lobbying, but apparently the attempt did not work. With that, what the ITC decided is maintained, in the sense of banning imports of the Apple watch.
While presidents generally don’t veto orders of this sort, it has happened. In 2013, Barack Obama vetoed an ITC ruling that would potentially cause a ban on imports of older iPhones and iPads for infringing ITC patents Samsung.
A CEOChief executive officeror Executive Director.”>1 yes AliveCor, Priya Abani, celebrated the maintenance of the decision, stating that it means holding Apple responsible for patent infringement. The executive also said that the understanding goes beyond this case and sends a clear message to innovators, that the US will protect patents for new technologies which benefit consumers.
Things, however, are not so simple. The patents that AliveCor alleges were infringed by Apple were found to be invalid by the Patent Appellate and Judgment Board of the country, which must re-judge the issue. If this decision does not change, the ban on imports will not come into force.
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via AppleInsider
