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Andrea Electronics who sells Audio Related Apps for iOS Devices is Suing Apple over Noise Cancellation Technologies

Andrea Electronics Corporation who sells 'PureAudio' Pro Recorder and Live Recorder apps for iOS devices is suing Apple Inc. on five counts of patent infringement relating to noise cancellation technology.

Andrea is a publicly-held company with its corporate headquarters located in Bohemia, New York. Andrea engages in substantial engineering, research, and development related to audio technology and has developed microphone hardware and software that provides solutions to current sound fidelity challenges.

Andrea has a decorated history as a leading industry developer of product solutions which optimize the performance of voice user interfaces. Its technology has been applied to products related to, among other things, voice over internet protocol ("VoIP") telephony, VoIP teleconferencing, video conferencing, speech recognition, computer gaming, in-car computing, and 3D audio recording.

According to Andrea Electronics formal complaint before the court, they claim that "infringing products made and sold by Apple, include but are not limited to, desktop computers, all-in-one computers, notebook/laptop computers, tablets, smart phones, headsets, headphones, earbuds, and wearables, are widely advertised.


For example, Exhibit 2 includes a chart comparing the asserted independent claims of the '607 Patent to Defendant's iPhone 6S product. Exhibit 2 shows that the iPhone 6S product and its use are covered by at least the asserted independent claims of the '607 Patent.

The iPhone 6S is a representative example of Defendant's infringement of the '607 Patent. Andrea believes that Defendant's devices in addition to the iPhone 6S product, including Defendant's desktop computers, all-in-one computers, notebook/laptop computers, tablets, other smart phones, headsets, headphones, and earbuds, and their uses, are covered by at least one of the Asserted Claims of the '607 Patent."

They further note that Apple has been aware of the '607 Patent and of Andrea's allegations of infringement since at least being sent a notice letter by Andrea's counsel on May 13, 2015. Despite Defendant's awareness of the '607 Patent and Andrea's allegations, it has knowingly and actively induced others to infringe the '607 Patent.

The other patents that Andrea Electronics claims is being infringed upon include granted patents 6,377,637 and 6,363,345 that cover noise cancellation as well. In addition, Andrea Electronics is slapping Apple with additional counts for willful Infringement and Notice of the Asserted Patents bringing the total of five counts against Apple.

The patent infringement case presented in today's report was filed yesterday in the New York Eastern District Court, Central Islip Office. At present, no Judge has been assigned to the case.
http://www.patentlyapple.com/patently-apple/2016/09/andrea-electronics-who-sells-audio-related-apps-for-ios-devices-is-suing-apple-over-noise-cancellation-technologies.html