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Apple Pauses US Sales Amid Patent Dispute, Await White House

FILE - The Apple logo is illuminated at a store in the city center of Munich, Germany, Dec. 16, 2020. Apple plans to suspend sales of the Series 9 and Ultra 2 versions of its popular Apple Watch for o

Calling all Apple aficionados and tech junkies! A juicy tidbit has just landed on our digital doorstep, ripe for your consumption. If, like us, you've been eyeing up the sleek Apple Watch Series 9 or the nifty Ultra 2, don't shilly-shally around, because according to the wind blowing from Cupertino, there might be a freeze on your favorite timepieces stateside, and you wouldn't want to lose out!

Here's the 411: our friends at Apple have found themselves in a bit of a pomegranate pickle over an international patent dispute with medical tech titan, Masimo. At the heart of this war of wearables lies a feature that brings science fiction to your very wrist: the coveted Blood Oxygen measurement tool. The International Trade Commission (ITC) decided this autumn that this feature has opened a can of worms (or, in this case, a can of apples).

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