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Apple Watch Series 9 signage at the company's World Trade Center store in New York, U.S., on Wednesday, December 20, 2023. The U.S. International Trade Commission ruled earlier this year that the Apple Watch violated two Masimo patents related to blood oxygen measurement violated and imposed an import ban on the Ultra 2 and Series 9 models, which comes into force on December 25th.
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Following an unfavorable ruling by the US International Trade Commission, Apple will no longer sell its Apple Watch Series 9 and Apple Watch Ultra 2 in the US due to a patent dispute.
The ITC banned Apple from importing the affected watches into the US, and American Apple Stores have already removed the product from sale her Shelves. However, stores can still sell their remaining stock and many still have the latest Apple Watches in stock – including major retailers.
Some older Apple Watch models, as well as the cheaper Apple Watch SE, were not part of the scheme and remain in stock on Apple's website and store. The ban only affects Apple Watch Series 6 and later and all Apple Watch Ultra models.
As of Tuesday afternoon, Best Buy was still selling the Apple Watch in multiple colors, starting at $399. In addition, the Apple Watch Ultra 1 and 2 continued to be sold. The electronics supermarket confirmed that it is still selling the affected watches.
Target is starting to sell out of certain colors of the Apple Watch Series 9. CNN reached out to Target to see if demand for the watches has increased. Likewise, certain colors of the Apple Watch Ultra 2 are sold out.
Walmart continues to sell the two newest models.
As of Tuesday afternoon, Amazon still had four colors in stock for the Apple Watch Series 9 with case and sports strap.
In October, the US ITC ruled that Apple had infringed a pulse oximeter patent owned by medical device maker Masimo. The pulse oximeter uses light-based technology to measure blood oxygen levels.
Masimo CEO Joe Kiani previously told CNN he believed Apple had infringed his company's patents. In October 2022, Apple filed two patent infringement lawsuits against Masimo.
Apple has already filed an appeal with the Federal Court.
The company said Tuesday it is exploring both legal and technical options to resume imports of the most advanced watches, including submitting a redesign of the Series 9 and Ultra 2 watches for approval by U.S. Customs.
—CNN's Clare Duffy and David Goldman contributed to this report.