Apple Ordered to Pay $634M in Apple Watch Blood Oxygen Patent Dispute

Apple must pay medical tech company Masimo $634 million to settle a patent dispute over Apple Watch blood oxygen monitoring.

According to Reuters, a federal jury found that the Apple Watch’s workout mode and heart-rate notification features violate Masimo’s patents. Apple plans to appeal, and tells Reuters that Masimo has been moving from court to court to try to score a victory.

“The single patent in this case expired in 2022 and is specific to historic patient-monitoring…