Kevin Webb
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Thought everyone would be interested by this:
Found this interesting tidbit on IP Law, a legal news website:
Bose Corp. v. JBL Intl.;
In a case involving a patent relating to porting in a loudspeaker system, denial of defendant's (JBL) motion for summary judgment of noninfringement under the doctrine of equivalents affirmed because a reasonable jury could have returned a verdict for plaintiff; court did not err in determining applicable royalty because there was substantial evidence to support an award based upon entire value of loudspeakers.
What this means is this: Bose sued JBL claiming that their port tube infringed on a patent that Bose had. The District Court found in favor of Bose and awarded them compensation in the amount of $5.7 million. JBL filed an appeal in Federal Court based on the grounds mention in the previous paragraph. The Federal Court found nothing wrong and upheld the decision. On their website, JBL said they were planning to appeal the Fed Court's decision.
How this effects us, the HT Nuts?
Bose claimed that the following JBL models used the fraudlent port design: speaker models N24, N26, N28, N38, ND310, S26, S38, S312, SCS125, ESC300B, and ESC350 (or otherwords, almost JBL's entire current line).
A link to the court decision can be found here
Nothing I could find in the decision said that JBL has to stop selling those models. A quick check of the Best Buy website confirmed that they are still selling those models and neither companies' website stated such.
No wonder those JBL's sound so good.. they're just like Bose!
Kevin
Found this interesting tidbit on IP Law, a legal news website:
Bose Corp. v. JBL Intl.;
In a case involving a patent relating to porting in a loudspeaker system, denial of defendant's (JBL) motion for summary judgment of noninfringement under the doctrine of equivalents affirmed because a reasonable jury could have returned a verdict for plaintiff; court did not err in determining applicable royalty because there was substantial evidence to support an award based upon entire value of loudspeakers.
What this means is this: Bose sued JBL claiming that their port tube infringed on a patent that Bose had. The District Court found in favor of Bose and awarded them compensation in the amount of $5.7 million. JBL filed an appeal in Federal Court based on the grounds mention in the previous paragraph. The Federal Court found nothing wrong and upheld the decision. On their website, JBL said they were planning to appeal the Fed Court's decision.
How this effects us, the HT Nuts?
Bose claimed that the following JBL models used the fraudlent port design: speaker models N24, N26, N28, N38, ND310, S26, S38, S312, SCS125, ESC300B, and ESC350 (or otherwords, almost JBL's entire current line).
A link to the court decision can be found here
Nothing I could find in the decision said that JBL has to stop selling those models. A quick check of the Best Buy website confirmed that they are still selling those models and neither companies' website stated such.
No wonder those JBL's sound so good.. they're just like Bose!
Kevin