BOHEMIA, N.Y., Jan. 26, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Andrea Electronics Corporation (ANDR), a leading developer of hardware and software microphone technologies, announced today that it has filed a complaint with the U.S. International Trade Commission, under section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. § 1337.
The complaint alleges violations of section 337 based upon the importation into the United States, the sale for importation, and the sale within the United States after importation of certain audio processing hardware and software and products containing same by reason of infringement of U.S. Patent numbers 5,825,898 "System and Method for Adaptive Interference Cancelling," 6,363,345 "System, Method and Apparatus for Cancelling Noise," 6,049,607 "Interference Canceling Method and Apparatus," 6,377,637 "Sub-band Exponential Smoothing Noise Canceling System," and 6,483,923 "System and Method for Adaptive Interference Cancelling."
The named respondents include Acer Inc., Acer America Corp., ASUSTeK Computer Inc., ASUS Computer International, Dell Inc., Hewlett Packard Co., Lenovo Group Ltd., Lenovo Holding Co., Inc., Lenovo (United States) Inc., Toshiba Corp., Toshiba America, Inc., Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc., and Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
According to the complaint, the respondents import products, such as desktop and laptop computers, that use the patent protected audio enhancement technology. Andrea has requested that the Commission institute an investigation and, after the investigation, issue limited exclusion orders and cease and desist orders.
