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In Reply to: Are Bose that bad?? posted by Jeremy on January 03, 2002 at 23:15:01:
Even in the context of corporate conglomerates Bose is a poor citizen, responsible for a lot of bad law.1) They successfully sued "Consumer Reports" for libel for saying that images wandered about the room with the 901s.
2) They successfully sued Thiel for Thiel's use of "2.2" in a speaker model name.
3) They successfully sued Harmon/Infinity for using an elliptical horn shape.
These are all free speech or technologically chilling decisions. (Some of these cases were/are on appeal.)Their company is akin to a corporate cult, in my personal opinion, much like MBNA.
I haven't listened to all their stuff, so I can't say it's all junk, but there are lots of speakers out there which are far superior. Shop wisely.
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"3) They successfully sued Harmon/Infinity for using an elliptical horn shape."Why is that? Does Bose have anything to do with elliptical horn shape?
"3) They successfully sued Harmon/Infinity for using an elliptical horn shape."> Why is that? Does Bose have anything to do with elliptical horn shape?
Since my post makes it obvious that I loathe Bose, and that I think Bose ought to have no right to limit Consumer Reports opinions or Thiel's use of the text "2.2", and thus by extension the right to limit others' use of plastic, elliptical horn shapes, I wonder if there is something behind your post apart from a request for basic information. Obviously if Bose sued Harman with initial success, Bose and at least one Judge feel Bose has some sort of claim. That's why, to answer your question at face value. But to elaborate:
Of course, Thomas Edison was not a great inventor; he was really a great patent accumulator. As you know, the Supreme Court has ruled that _forms of life_ may be commercially protected, and that Diaural has received a patent for a basically pre-existing crossover implementation. The area is rife with abuse and incompetence.
So Bose has all sorts of patents and copyrights. (Everyone does this, but Bose is way out of bounds.) Bose even keeps a page of them for the "convenience" of other manufacturers.
My point remains that there are plenty of reasons to avoid Bose, sonic and otherwise.
One link good as of 1/2002:
http://stereophile.com/shownews.cgi?1231
Thanks for your reply. I was actually just wondering about what patent does Bose have on horn design. Did Bose have any design on horn?Anyway, I agree with you on what you said. I found the Thiel numbering thing especially ridiculous. And it is unbelievable to me that they succeed in that case. I also think the Bose is very silly in doing that because what it gains from winning the case does not compensate on what it loses - everyone dislike it ...
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