Apple is now banned from selling its latest Apple Watches in the US

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Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Apple can no longer sell the Watch Series 9 and Watch Ultra 2 in the US after President Joe Biden�s administration declined to veto the ban today. Apple pulled both devices...

Pink Series 9 on a reflective pink surface. Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge

Apple can no longer sell the Watch Series 9 and Watch Ultra 2 in the US after President Joe Biden�s administration declined to veto the ban today.

Apple pulled both devices from its website on December 21st and from its store shelves after December 24th. A statement (via CNBC) from the Office of US Trade Representative Katherine Tai said the agency �decided not to reverse the ITC�s [International Trade Commission] determination� after �careful consideration.�

The International Trade Commission (ITC) issued the ban after finding that Apple infringed on blood oxygen saturation technology patented by a company called Masimo. It also ordered Apple to stop selling any previously-imported devices with the infringed-upon tech. While Apple...

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