Jawbone Innovations sues Apple and Google over noise cancelling technology
Apple and Google are being sued in the US by Jawbone Innovations over noise cancelling technology in their ear buds, smartphones, and smart home devices. The patents were originally owned by bankrupt wearables company Jawbone.
Jawbone Inc., a maker of wearable audio tech, is now bankrupt, but this new company, Jawbone Innovations LLC, still owns patents pertaining to noise-canceling audio technology, technology it says that both Apple and Google infringe on. As Apple uses noise-canceling tech in devices like its AirPods Pro.
The technology was developed by Jawbone when it was contracted by the DARPA to research noise suppression techniques for the US military, as per complaints.
The fact is the Patents originally owned by the bankrupt Silicon Valley darling Jawbone Inc. are at the center of new lawsuits seeking royalties from Alphabet Inc.'s Google and Apple Inc. over noise canceling technology in their ear buds, smartphones and smart home devices.
Jawbone Innovations LLC, the current owner of the patents, filed the suits in federal court in Waco, Texas, a district that's the most popular in the nation for its patent-friendly judge and juries.
Jawbone Innovations is headquartered in a small office building in Waco with no phone number and the lawyers on the case couldn’t immediately be reached.
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Jawbone Innovations is headquartered in a small office building in Waco with no phone number and the lawyers on the case couldn’t immediately be reached.
Read more at: https://www.bloombergquint.com/business/jawbone-ghost-rises-to-sue-google-apple-over-ear-pods-phones
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