The U.S. International Trade Commission voted to open
The U.S. International Trade Commission voted to open a Section 337 investigation into whether Beats Electronics headphones violate Bose noise-canceling patents, the commission said Wednesday (http://1.usa.gov/1mYVyL5). Bose filed the ITC complaint July 25 seeking exclusion and cease-and-desist orders against Beats…
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imports. In a companion suit that Bose filed the same day in U.S. District Court in Wilmington, Delaware, Bose estimated that at least 14 standing U.S. patents and 13 pending applications protect its QC20 noise-canceling headphones (CED July 29 p3). Under a stipulation deadline extension order signed by Beats and Bose lawyers, Beats has until Sept. 15 to answer the Bose complaint.