A new patent war is now undergoing between the Audio Equipment giant Bose Corporation and the newly Apple acquired and popular headphone brand Beats Electronics LLC. The civil complaint that was published on PriorSmart carried a long length of patents.
The alleged infringe patents, published on Priorsmart, are:
- U.S. Patent No. 8,073,151 – “Dynamically configurable ANR filter block topology”
- U.S. Patent No. 8,073,150 – “Dynamically configurable ANR signal processing topology”
- U.S. Patent No. 6,717,537 – “Method and apparatus for minimizing latency in digital signal processing systems”
- U.S. Patent No. 8,345,888 – “Digital high frequency phase compensation”
- U.S. Patent No. 8,054,992 – “High frequency compensating”
According to the lawsuit, filed by Bose, Beats has violated the patent mentioned above that were related to noise cancellation and other audio technologies. Therefore Bose ask for injunction preventing Beats to further manufacture headphones that violate on Bose’s patents and a damage award was also requested for using the company’s technology. A sales ban was also filed to the International Trade Commission, keeping Beats from selling its products that breach its patents.
The grandfather of noise cancelling headphones seeks to protect its turf
The pioneer of noise cancelling technology has always been viewed to be Bose headphones, judging from the company’s reputation that was built on five decades of research and development. But the question is “why now”? Why only now? Beats has been producing noise cancelling headphones since 2008. The company has been a major player on audio products, a very popular brand that has a huge pool of consumers all over the world. Is it because Bose felt threatened? That for the longest time anyone could remember Bose has been the #1 name in high end headphones with an advance audio technology and then all of sudden here comes Beats and just snatches the crown.
For some of us, we could not even tell the difference between a pair of Bose or Beats. But some audiophiles think that Bose has a brilliant balance and has the best noise cancelling technology to date. However, most people are still drawn to beats because of its popularity and beats marketing strategy which mostly target young adults. Some people wouldn’t even mind the features as long as they see the Beats logo on the side.
Originally posted 2014-07-28 14:52:49. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
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