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In Reply to: Why in the world would any serious audiophile want to do business with Monster after what they've done? posted by jihad on June 3, 2012 at 20:39:11:
Most of the types of devices like the X Terminators were from well before Monster turned bad.
If The product was still available, perhaps one would want to just get a few more of the same.
I would not go looking for any Monster products now. But I have owned some, and still do own some from a while back.
Hopefully most other companies learned from the errors Monster made in it's overzealous lawsuits.
Here is a bit from Wiki about the lawsuits:
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ quoted from Wikipedia:
Monster Cable has aggressively protected its name and trademark by opposing applications for registrations for marks that include the term "MONSTER" at the United States Trademark Office. In addition, lawsuits have been filed in a number of cases.[13] Monster Cable CEO Noel Lee defended these actions by saying "We have an obligation to protect our trademark; otherwise we'd lose it."[14] Monster Cable owns many trademarks[15] and patents[16] listed with the US Office of Patents and Trademarks.[17]
In 2009 after receiving numerous comments from consumers in relation to the Monster Mini Golf dispute Monster Cable CEO Noel Lee stated on Fox Business News that Monster Cable has to balance what it does in trademark protection with what the public thinks it should do.[18]
Monster Cable's more controversial disputes include:
Snow Monsters (a kid's skiing group)
MonsterVintage, small used clothing store
Monsters, Inc., an animated feature film[14]
Monster Garage, a television series[14]
Monsters of the Midway, a nickname of the Chicago Bears football team
Fenway Park's Monster seats
Monster Energy, energy drinks
Monster.com employment website
Monster Mini Golf[19][20]
Monster Balls Paintballs manufactured by JT Sports
Monster Transmission
On April 1, 2008, Monster Cable sent a cease and desist letter to Blue Jeans Cable,[21] claiming infringement on certain patents[16] owned by Monster Cable. The owner of Blue Jeans Cable, Kurt Denke, previously a litigation lawyer, responded with a letter detailing flaws and shortcomings in the allegations of patent infringement, adding "Not only am I unintimidated by litigation; I sometimes rather miss it."[22]
[edit] Monster Mini Golf
In 2006 Monster Cable brought suit against Monster Mini Golf, a company selling franchise Mini Golf locations throughout the US. After legal battles and a lengthy dispute, the owners of Monster Mini Golf launched a grassroots campaign against Monster Cable on the Internet. After receiving more than 200 complaints from the public, Monster Cable dropped the lawsuit and agreed to pay up to $200,000 of Monster Mini Golf's legal fees.[23] After the settlement Monster Cable CEO Noel Lee and Monster Mini Golf founder Christina Vitagliano filmed a video interview discussing the dispute and resolution.[24]
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Follow Ups
- what you write is true. But some folks do not know about the problems Monster caused. Also: - Elizabeth 22:25:26 06/03/12 (6)
- banning second hand sales of their cables via internet censorship - jihad 06:06:23 06/04/12 (4)
- RE: banning second hand sales of their cables via internet censorship - Crazy Dave 14:27:18 06/04/12 (3)
- Take a quick read of this: - jihad 16:01:05 06/04/12 (2)
- I could not get the link to work. (nt) - Crazy Dave 14:28:08 06/05/12 (1)
- Try this. - jihad 22:24:40 06/06/12 (0)
- Enjoyable reading: Kurt Denke's response to Monster's lawyers... - willkayakforfood 22:55:23 06/03/12 (0)
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