Comment on Apple Pausing Sales of Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 in U.S. Due to Patent Dispute
whatwhatwhatwhat@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Oof, right before the holidays too. What a blow to their sales.
I wonder if Apple will use the estimated sales losses as damages when they counter-sue the other party in the patent dispute. Apple is taking “preemptive” steps to comply with an order that is not in effect yet – perhaps it’s a long con to entangle the patent holder in a prolonged legal battle so as to devalue and acquire them.
ThePantser@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Not much of a blow when they are stopping the 21 and 24 most people will have already bought by then. They should have been ordered to cease immediately.
whatwhatwhatwhat@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Agreed, they probably should have been ordered to stop a while ago.
That said, Apple is the largest company in the U.S. by a number of metrics, so the fact that the government would cross them at all is kind of a surprise.