After mostly getting its ass handed to it by Masimo over patented blood oxygen and pulse sensors incorporated into the Apple Watch, Apple is now trying legislatively to alter the jurisdiction of the International Trade Commission to institute patent infringement investigations over technologies imported by domestic entities, such as Apple Watches. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/19/technology/apple-patents-lobbying.html and elsewhere.
Historically, the ITC has provided an alternative venue for patent infringement claims against foreign importers of patented technologies. Monetary damages are unavailable, but the proceeding is extremely rapid, concluding within 24 months, and may result in an exclusion order, which prevents importation of the infringing devices.
Now that almost everything is manufactured outside the US and imported, the ITC has "jurisdictional relevance" (RIP Tom) in more patent infringement cases than ever before, and where the defendant is a domestic entity like Apple.
In a lot of ways, I do think the ITC 337 proceeding may be abused, but somehow I find it distasteful that Apple is doing this. Apple is far from the only domestic entity whose ox has been gored by this feature of the law, but is the only one whinging about it.