Re: [iPad] Bose accuses Beats of using patented noise-cancelling tech | Ars Technica

On 7/28/2014 5:55 AM, 'David H. Bailey' dhbailey52@comcast.net [iPad] wrote:
> On 7/27/2014 6:59 PM, Jim Saklad jimdoc@icloud.com [iPad] wrote:
>>>> Boo as in they didn't seem to care until there was financial incentive.
>>>> As in until apple valued the company at 5 billion and made the offer. as
>>>> far as I can tell the patents I looked at were kinda obvious but I'm not
>>>> a lawyer.
>>>
>>> What's the incentive until a product becomes valuable? There's no point
>>> because the winnings wouldn't be worth it.
>>
>> Well, Beats was apparently worth $3 billion…
>>
>
>
> Right, which may well be why Bose is going after it right now instead of
> earlier when it was worth as much.

Oops -- I meant to say "wasn't worth as much."


>
> On the other hand, Bose may have just recently bought some Beats
> noise-cancelling headphones and taken them apart to see how they work
> and that may have been when Bose found the patent infringement and they
> may have leaped into legal action as soon as they discovered the
> infringement.
>


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David H. Bailey
dhbailey@davidbaileymusicstudio.com
http://www.davidbaileymusicstudio.com


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