Andrea Electronics Seeking Import Ban on Apple, Samsung Audio Processors
Andrea Electronics is seeking an exclusion order banning imports of Apple and Samsung products that it says infringe its patents for "audio processing hardware, software, and products containing the same," in a Section 337 complaint filed Sept. 19 with the…
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International Trade Commission. Apple and Samsung computers, smartphones, watches and other products are equipped with "certain audio processing capabilities" that infringe Andrea's patents, Andrea said. It seeks a limited exclusion order and cease and desist order banning import and sale of infringing products. The ITC is seeking comments on public interest issues raised by the complaint, the commission said in a notice published Friday in the Federal Register. Apple and Samsung didn't comment.