Bose and Apple's Beats announce settlement of patent infringement lawsuit
Premium audio company Bose and Apple-owned Beats Electronics disclosed on Friday that they have settled their patent infringement dispute out of court, preventing a potential trial between the two competitors.

Bose, who first filed the complaint in July, disclosed to a U.S. District Court in Delaware that it has dismissed its patent infringement accusations against rival Beats. The terms of the settlement were not disclosed.
Previously, Bose had accused Beats of infringing upon five noise-canceling patents used for its QuietComfort branded headphones. In the original complaint, Bose alleged that the Beats Studio and Studio Wireless headphones, featuring "adaptive noise cancelation," were infringing products.
The news comes the same day a new rumor claimed that Apple plans to remove all Bose audio products from its retail stores beginning next week. No reason was given for the alleged split between the two companies, but with Apple's $3 billion purchase of Beats earlier this year, the two companies do compete in the premium-priced audio accessory space for both headphones and speakers.
The growing rivalry between Bose and Apple is also playing out in the National Football League, where players have been barred from wearing Beats headphones in postgame press conferences. Bose is the official audio partner of the NFL, and NFL rules dictate that players cannot promote unsponsored products when conducting interviews, including 90 minutes following the end of a game.
The issue took the spotlight this week when it was revealed that San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kapernick was fined $10,000 for wearing a pair of pink breast cancer awareness-themed Beats headphones at a press conference last Sunday.

Bose, who first filed the complaint in July, disclosed to a U.S. District Court in Delaware that it has dismissed its patent infringement accusations against rival Beats. The terms of the settlement were not disclosed.
Previously, Bose had accused Beats of infringing upon five noise-canceling patents used for its QuietComfort branded headphones. In the original complaint, Bose alleged that the Beats Studio and Studio Wireless headphones, featuring "adaptive noise cancelation," were infringing products.
The news comes the same day a new rumor claimed that Apple plans to remove all Bose audio products from its retail stores beginning next week. No reason was given for the alleged split between the two companies, but with Apple's $3 billion purchase of Beats earlier this year, the two companies do compete in the premium-priced audio accessory space for both headphones and speakers.
The growing rivalry between Bose and Apple is also playing out in the National Football League, where players have been barred from wearing Beats headphones in postgame press conferences. Bose is the official audio partner of the NFL, and NFL rules dictate that players cannot promote unsponsored products when conducting interviews, including 90 minutes following the end of a game.
The issue took the spotlight this week when it was revealed that San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kapernick was fined $10,000 for wearing a pair of pink breast cancer awareness-themed Beats headphones at a press conference last Sunday.
Comments
I hope it's worth it.
From what I hear on the other thread, they sound horrible. Haha.
Not a good idea to remove Bose from apple stores!
Do you sell competitor's products in your store?
Other way around, at least until we hear results of settlement. Apple pulls Bose hardware from best sales locations in world then Bose settles out of court. I think Apple won this round.
The Beats deal has just gotten even MORE expensive for Apple.
We don't know that. Maybe, maybe not. I haven't seen anything more - is there any announcement out there?
You don't carry your competitors products in your store.
You do if you make more money selling your competitors' products.
Do you sell competitor's products in your store?
Yeah but ...
Bose also makes speakers, and those do not compete with Beats.
You do if you make more money selling your competitors' products.
I don't think Apple will be hurt too bad by not taking your "advice" .....they seem to be doing all right as far as making money goes. You, on the other hand ........?
So you want Apple to carry Samdung phones in their stores also?
You don't carry your competitors products in your store.
Last time I looked you could buy MS Office in the Apple Store.
I don't think Apple will be hurt too bad by not taking your "advice" .....they seem to be doing all right as far as making money goes. You, on the other hand ........?
I have AAPL shares that I bought at $5 a share. How do you think my money making went?
My post was an answer to a theoretical question about whether you should categorically not sell a competitor's product. Not advice to Apple. Nowhere was it mentioned in the post that it was advice directed to Apple. Why would you jump to that conclusion? Learn to differentiate between what you are reading and what is in your muddled head and don't attribute what's in the latter to the former.
Exactly- now it's a $3B plus whatever this costs. Isn't there another lawsuit by one of its founders too?
Apple may be brilliant but even they don't possess an iCrystalball to foretell future costs back in May as this wasn't even filed then.
That suck worse than their headphones.