Pasadena Firm Files Section 337 Complaint Against 7 Suppliers of Wireless Headsets

More than six dozen models of wireless headsets from seven suppliers violate two One-E-Way patents on wireless digital audio systems, alleges a One-E-Way complaint filed Dec. 8 at the International Trade Commission. In the complaint, One-E-Way, based in Pasadena, California, describes itself as a company "engaged in the business of designing and marketing wireless digital audio devices." The complaint names as respondents Beats, Blue Ant Wireless, Creative, Jabra, Jawbone, Sennheiser and Sony. It alleges the seven companies are importing headsets that infringe two of its U.S. patents (No. 7,865,258, issued Jan. 4, 2011, and No. 8,131,391, issued March 6, 2012) for methods of decreasing transmission errors between a transmitter and the receiver in the headset, reducing interference and improving the quality of audio. One-E-Way is asking for a limited exclusion order and a cease and desist order banning import and sale of infringing products from each respondent. In a public notice, the ITC is asking for comments by Dec. 22 on public interest issues raised by the complaint.