Bose and Beats end beef over headphone patents
Audio technology veteran Bose Corporation and Beats Electronics on Friday called a ceasefire in a lawsuit over patented technology for canceling noise in earphones.
Lawyers for the companies asked a federal judge to dismiss the Bose lawsuit, saying the companies had settled their differences, without elaborating.
The suit filed in federal court in the US state of Delaware in July had set the 50-year-old firm against an Internet Age youngster bought by Apple in a deal valued at $3 billion.
"Bose brings this action against Beats to protect its valuable patented technology for noise-canceling headphones," the July complaint said.
Bose accused Beats of infringing on five of its patents for cutting out unwanted noise in headphones, particularly by cancelling it out with other sound waves.
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