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Here's your TMB Tech Minute for Wednesday, January 17th. I'm Alex Oscela for the Wall Street Journal.

Apple has lost its attempt to delay the implementation of a U.S. import ban of its smart watches

while the company appeals of federal trade ruling.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit lifted an interim stay of a ruling that said that

Apple had violated the patents of a competitor.

Apple had earlier revealed plans to disable blood oxygen measurement technology in some models of the device in order to continue US sales. The Trade Agency's order is set to go back into effect tomorrow.

Apple didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.

In other Apple news, the company's new App Store payment policies are stirring outrage among software developers.

After the US Supreme Court declined to hear appeals of an antitrust ruling yesterday,

Apple issued new policies that require developers to pay it a 27% commission

if they use an alternative payment method.

It's a policy similar to those the company has in the Netherlands and South Korea in response to legal rulings. But software

developers say Apple is skirting the intention of a court ruling. And Hyundai Motor

sold a factory in Chong Ching China for less than half the amount it initially sought.

Yu-Fu Industrial Complex Construction, a local government-backed entity,

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