Apple was awarded $250 in damages by a court after a jury found the design of the Masimo W1 Freedom smartwatch, health module and charger to be infringed. The compensation received was minimal because the trial involved a jury. With this decision the sale of products that violate Apple's patents has now been banned.
It does not have any impact on Masino because the sale of W1 Freedom has been stopped. The victory in this case is to enable Apple to fight against the lawsuit filed by Masimo against them for infringing the patent of the health tracking system used on the Apple Watch.
Masimo wants Apple to pay for a license to use their technology on every smartwatch sold since the Apple Watch 6. Due to this dispute, the Apple Watch Series 9, Series 10 and Ultra 2 in the United States will not come with the blood oxygen detection feature from December 2023.
The issue of patents and the Apple Watch does not end here because Apple is also facing a lawsuit by AliveCor who claims that their ECG technology has been used without permission since 2021. AliveCor has also filed a complaint with the ITC to prevent the importation of the Apple Watch into the United States