Apple and Koss keep away from trial by settling AirPods-related patent dispute

e375 Courtroom paperwork submitted Saturday point e375 out Apple settled a patent-infringement e375 lawsuit associated to AirPods with e375 audio producer Koss.

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e375 The corporate had accused the e375 maker of AirPods and Beats earbuds e375 and headphones of infringing on e375 Koss wi-fi headphone expertise patents.

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e375 Apple settles patent-infringement dispute with e375 Koss over wi-fi headphone expertise

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e375 Koss stated e375 AirPods e375 and e375 Beats e375 wi-fi headphones violated a e375 handful of patents associated to e375 wi-fi headphone expertise, e375 Reuters e375 e375 reported e375  Monday. Koss stated it pioneered e375 the expertise.

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e375 Upon submitting the lawsuit in e375 2020, Koss stated Apple knew e375 of its patents and that e375 the 2 corporations met on e375 a number of events to e375 debate utilizing them.

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e375 Then Apple determined to not e375 license any Koss expertise. And e375 that lead Koss to sue e375 and demand an unspecified quantity e375 of damages for the alleged e375 infringement.

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e375 After Koss filed its lawsuit, e375 Apple countersued and stated that e375 the allegations have been “baseless.” e375 Cupertino additionally maintained the patents e375 have been invalid and that e375 the lawsuit broke a 2017 e375 confidentiality settlement that stated Koss e375 would wouldn’t convey litigation in e375 opposition to Apple.

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e375 They settled 2 days forward e375 of trial

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e375 Apple and Koss would have e375 gone to trial Monday had e375 they not settled out of e375 court docket on Saturday. The e375 2 corporations stated they resolved e375 the allegations that Apple infringed e375 on Koss’ wi-fi audio patents. e375 Because of this, the case e375 was dismissed “with prejudice,” which e375 means it may well’t be e375 refiled.

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e375 Proper now there aren’t any e375 particulars on the settlement. However e375 the submitting signifies “all issues e375 in controversy” have been resolved. e375 Koss has additionally sued different e375 headphone manufacturers, together with Bose e375 and Skullcandy. Outcomes of these e375 lawsuits are nonetheless pending.

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e375 Neither Apple nor Koss commented e375 on the settlement.

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