Will It Be Apple Facing Bose in Court as Well?

Sound system company and headset maker, Bose, filed a suit on Friday at the District Court in Delaware against Apple's Beats Electronics for an alleged patent infringement involving noise-cancelling properties used in Beats headphones.

"The filing is comprehensive and explains our position, and as a matter of practice, we don't comment on ongoing litigation. We can share that for over 30 years, Bose has made significant investments in the research, development, engineering and design of the proprietary technologies found in our headphones," said Bose in a statement.

Bose also stressed that they are committed to protecting their investment in noise-cancelling hardware.

Bose also filed a complaint at the International Trade Commission in an effort to halt Beat's importation of headphones from China into the U.S.

Apple bought Beats Electronics in May for a whopping $3 billion and because the acquisition has not been fully completed, the patent may affect the deal.

If the deal is completed, it will be Apple who faces Bose in court. Although Apple has much experience fighting battles in the courtroom with other big tech companies (ie. Their long battle with Samsung), this may be their biggest fight yet.

Earlier this month, Beats had filed a lawsuit against a chinese company making knock-offs of their headphones and selling them using Beats' trademarks.

Bose's lawsuit cites the following patents in question:

8,073,151: "Dynamically configurable ANR filter block topology"by Joho et. al.. Includes 30 claims (2 indep.). Was application 12/430,994. Granted 12/6/2011.

8,073,150: "Dynamically configurable ANR signal processing topology" by Joho et. al.. Includes 24 claims (2 indep.). Was application 12/430,990. Granted 12/6/2011.

6,717,537: "Method and apparatus for minimizing latency in digital signal processing systems" by Fang et. al. Prosecuted by Thelen Reid & Priest LLP Robbins; Steven J.. Includes 19 claims (3 indep.). Was application 10/179,930. Granted 4/6/2004.

8,345,888: "Digital high frequency phase compensation" by Carreras et. al.. Includes 16 claims (3 indep.). Was application 12/750,309. Granted 1/1/2013.

8,054,992: "High frequency compensating" by Sapiejewski.. Includes 23 claims (6 indep.). Was application 11/409,894. Granted 11/8/2011.