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In Reply to: RE: Good luck To Bose posted by middleground on July 26, 2014 at 07:42:03
"Let's hope Bose wins as it is a pioneering company with many achievements."
Ahhh so, what does that have to do with the case? All that's at issue is the scope, priority and obviousness of whatever their claims are and how "blatant" is the putative infringement.
My hope is that a clear, just decision can be made. Occasionally that happens. Lacking any knowledge I have no opinion regarding the merits of the filing but since both parties have virtually infinite money I'm sure that none shall be spared when enriching their lawyers.
Unless you happen to be familiar with the details of the case and the prior art and have read all the patents and their wrappers then you have no basis to form a reasoned opinion and instead have just substituted your own prejudices. Nothing wrong with that, it's traditional!
I vaguely think that Bose may have been the first outfit to offer noise canceling headphones aimed at consumers listening to music in commercial airplanes. I don't know. But whether they were or not really doesn't matter very much since the devil is in the details. If the case is sufficiently strong and yet fuzzy they may manage to squeeze significant licensing fees from Apple as that might wind up being cheaper than defending the case. I doubt that this is a big moral issue, it's probably all about bucks.
So, does that make me Bose hater? I really wasn't aware that we were so riddled with them but it could be. Over the years I've heard a number of Bose systems of various ilks and haven't cared for any of them. Well with the exception of a little bookshelf unit they once had. On the other hand a friend gave me one of their tiny Bluetooth, battery-powered speakers and I think it is quite pleasing for background music. It's weird, it doesn't reproduce the recording so much as it uses the input as a suggestion of what sounds to make with it's DSP and various resonators. The amazing thing is a lot of the time is sounds more "alive" and like there are real musicians in the room than does a more "accurate" system in the normal sense. A strange little product, but fun...
Rick
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I never said my opinion on this was reasoned, I am just tired of "audiophiles" using Bose as the embodiement of eeeeeevil in audio so wish them well.
As the Apple/Beats deal is yet to close, it remains possible that Apple may decide to reduce its offer by some amount based on its estimate of the cost to defend, win, lose or settle, which could end up being a substantial number.
And Dr. Dre might not end up being the first Billionaire Hip Hop Artist after all. :-(
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