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If the technology is covered solely by expired patents, I doubt any judge would call that infringement. Is there even a concept of amending a patent and getting
by wfjackson 12y ago
If the technology is covered solely by expired patents, I doubt any judge would call that infringement. Is there even a concept of amending a patent and getting it extended as a result without filing for a new patent?
- neltnerb 12y agoYes, but it's not so bad as to get you 50 years of protection. It sounds to me like they're accused of infringing on specific fairly recent patents relating to enhancements to noise-reduction techniques. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuing_patent_application https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuing_patent_application Bose has certainly been doing a lot of R&D for 50 years, I think the point of that statement is to make clear that they are not a patent troll, not to suggest that they're trying to hold Beats liable for 50 year old inventions. In fact, if Bose had come up with the ideas 50 years ago being claimed in recent patents, their own earlier patent would be prior art against filing a recent patent.