When Apple released iOS 18.6.1 and watchOS 11.6.1 last week, bringing Blood Oxygen monitoring to previously excluded models following a U.S. Customs and Border Protection approval that allowed Apple to move forward with the “redesigned” experience on those devices, we had a gut feeling that patent troll Masimo wouldn’t let that go very far without a fight.
Lawsuit
Apple and Masimo present arguments to U.S. Court of Appeals over blood-oxygen tech-related import ban
Apple urged the United States Cort of Appeals on Monday, July 7th to overturn a damaging 2023 International Trade Commission (ITC) ruling that required the Cupertino-based company to strip blood-oxygen monitoring features from its Apple Watch wearable fitness devices to evade a total import ban on the devices by regulators.
Apple to face judge over iPhone backups and making you overpay for iCloud storage
Apple is facing a class-action lawsuit in the United States for allegedly restricting iPhone backups and forcing users to overpay for iCloud storage upgrades.
Disingenuous leaker learns the hard way that Apple has no mercy for leakers
Apple’s lawsuit against a former engineer for leaking its secrets to the press was dismissed, and he publicly apologized.
If your Apple Watch battery was swelling, Apple may owe you money!
If you owned one of the early Apple Watch model that suffered from a defect causing battery swelling, Apple might compensate you—provided you're eligible for a payout.
UK lawsuit targeting App Store practices seeks £1.5 billion in damages
Another class-action lawsuit targeting App Store prices and accusing Apple of overcharging iPhone owners for apps and in-app purchases goes to trial.
Apple to pay $95 million to settle the lawsuit about unauthorized Siri recordings
Apple has agreed to settle a proposed class action lawsuit alleging its Siri assistant recorded conversations even before the wake word was said.
Apple to “vigorously defend” itself against the massive DOJ antitrust lawsuit
DOJ has filed a lawusit against Apple on antitrust grounds over its lock-in and other practices, alleging monopolistic behavior in the US smartphone market.
Apple may owe you money if AppleCare issued you refurbished replacement devices instead of new ones
As part of the $95 million settlement in the longstanding AppleCare refurbished device class action lawsuit, payments will soon start going out to eligible customers.
New lawsuit alleges AirPods ruptured a child’s eardrums when delivering an Amber Alert
AirPods (and AirPods Pro) are great headphones for most users, but volume levels can become an issue due in part to the in-ear design. Extremely loud sounds can be dangerous using any headphones, and it turns out AirPods are the culprit for one child getting some major damage in their ear.
The infamous iPad mini jelly scrolling earns Apple a class action lawsuit, and rightfully so
It's unfortunate that the reported iPad mini jelly scrolling issue cannot be fixed because it's inspired one Colorado resident to file a class-action lawsuit against Apple.
Judge dismisses Cydia’s antitrust claim against Apple while welcoming an amended complaint
Just this week, a U.S. district judge dismissed an eyebrow-raising lawsuit that was filed against Apple at the end of last year by none other than Cydia creator Jay Freeman (A.K.A. Saurik), a name that many jailbreakers and iDownloadBlog readers alike will recognize as ‘The Father of Jailbreaking.’