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Bose Sues Beats for Patent Infringement Over Noise-Cancelling Headphones
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Yeah but those headsets have been historically made by BOSE: http://www.bose.com/controller?url=/shop_online/headphones/aviation_headsets/a20/index.jsp
Wow, you're fast. You've already read all 36 patents/applications and determined they are only 'design, look or feel'.
What about this one? "United States Patent No. 6,717,537, called Method and Apparatus for Minimizing Latency in Digital Signal Processing Systems,'
Or this one. "United States Patent No. 6,717,537, Method and Apparatus for Minimizing Latency in Digital Signal Processing Systems,.
Or "United States Patent No. 8,073,151: Dynamically Configurable ANR Filter Block Technology".
I haven't read them but they sure sound like a bit more than just 'design, look or feel'.
(Thanks to TechCrunch for the references to these patents).
Gosh dang those are ugly headphones.
Beats headphones are like the iPhone 5c and the Bose are like the 5S.
Beats headphones are like the iPhone 5c and the Bose are like the 5S.
LOL, yes, I would have thought the Beats noise cancellation technology was to just turn up the volume.
agreed. we all know they were going for more money but i mean, a few million right now vs maybe a lot more or a lot less 10 years down the road? is it really worth it? lol. Even if apple quit making products they would still be a legal company because i feel like their lawyers are the Seal Team 6 in White Collar Wonderland
Gosh dang those are ugly headphones.
Beats headphones are like the iPhone 5c and the Bose are like the 5S.
hey! i like those green ones. though, id never spend 300 on them. totally worth a bill
I am a Sennheiser fan.
But IMO Bose does have the best noise canceling head phones.
But IMO Bose does have the best noise canceling head phones.
Bang and Olufsen is pretty good at selling overpriced audio equipment. Granted, at least they are good quality but still way overpriced for what you get.
No Highs? No Lows? Must be Bose.
On the other hand Beats has so much Lows that they even ad bass that isn't there.
I'll keep my Audio-Technica M50's
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Beats used to have crappy noise canceling so i've heard; but I've also heard that their noise cancellation has gotten better with the new version.
which might have explained why.
I wonder if this news will actually help beats to gain a few more customers before the final judgement...
which might have explained why.
I wonder if this news will actually help beats to gain a few more customers before the final judgement...
Goto 3:10 for bose vs beats in noise cancellation:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EwkaRvIduw
The beats sucks in that category, you could park a planet in the performance gap between the two.
Woah... that's nasty (as if they were waiting for a certain event
Not really nasty at all.
If you owned a company whose patents were violated, wouldn't you wait?
You apparently haven't used the Bose QuietComfort 20 headphones before. For someone who is on an airplane multiple times every week they are pretty remarkable. I literally tried dozens of headphones before I bought these and these can't be touched.
It takes months/years to provide evidence/proof and build a solid case when you accuse someone of patent infringement.
See I used to buy into the party line and scoffed Beats as being too bass-y. Then I listened to a friend's Studios, granted they're not the best headphones I've ever heard, but they're far from being the bass heavy mess everyone claims them to be.