Unsealed Apple Ruling Reveals Why Watch Was Initially Banned

Apple Inc. failed in its bid to convince a US trade agency that it faced “unquantifiable harm” if barred from importing certain Apple Watch models because the company “presented no evidence” supporting its claims, according an opinion unsealed on Thursday.

The Cupertino, Calif.-based tech giant provided the US International Trade Commission nothing “supporting the nature or extent of any alleged harm it faces from a denial of a stay of the remedial orders, which affect just a portion of one product line in Apple’s large suite of product and service offerings,” according to the ruling, issued Dec. 20 under ...