Apple swats away another Watch ban scare

Another courtroom win, same old headache

Apple kicked off the week by dodging another Apple Watch landmine. The U.S. International Trade Commission refused to review a ruling that had already cleared Apple’s redesigned watches of patent infringement, which means Masimo’s push to bring back a U.S. import ban just hit a brick wall.

For Apple, that’s one less legal booby trap sitting under the wearables business. For investors, it’s the kind of news that doesn’t usually send you to the moon — but it does help keep a lucrative product line from getting dragged back into the courtroom mud.