Apple Inc. has won a temporary reprieve in its legal battle over the Apple Watch product, with an appeals court ordering a pause on a ban of the product that went into effect on Tuesday. The ban was enacted after the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) ruled that some Apple Watch models infringed on pulse-reader patents owned by Masimo, a medical tech company. Apple is appealing the ITC's ruling, and the appeals court has given the ITC until January 10 to respond to Apple's request for a longer stay while the issue moves through the courts.