Apple is facing a potential ban of the import of its smartwatches in the US after the International Trade Commission found the Cupertino-based company had violated a patent.
U.S. Patent Law gives patentee right to exclude others from practicing invention for twenty years from earliest priority date. Company could today infringe a U.S. patent with a priority date from 1987. Federal Circuit reviewed Personalized Media Communications v. Apple.
In re: Apple Inc, Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit granted a writ of mandamus and ordered the district court to decide a motion for intra district transfer before proceeding to further substantive matters. SpaceTime3D sued Apple for patent infringement