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Apple takeover target Beats sued by Bose

July 28, 2014 - 20:49 By Korea Herald
Bose Corp. filed a patent-infringement action seeking to block U.S. imports of noise-canceling headphones made by Beats Electronics LLC, the company being bought by Apple Inc.

The Beats Studio and Beats Studio Wireless headphones use technology covered by five patents, Bose said in a complaint filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission in Washington. A mirror civil suit, filed Saturday in federal court in Wilmington, Delaware, makes the same allegations and is likely to be put on hold while the ITC case is pending.

Apple agreed to buy Beats for $3 billion in May, its biggest-ever acquisition, with founders Dr. Dre and music-industry executive Jimmy Iovine joining the iPhone maker. (Bloomberg)