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Entertaining Monster Riposte
2012-05-04, 09:44
Post: #1
Entertaining Monster Riposte
It's probably fair to say that many people here share the opinion that Monster are an AV brand whose focus is on marketing, rather than on high performance products.

I was amused to read of their interaction with BlueJeans cable, who in my experience make well made cables at reasonable (ie cost of parts, termination and margin) prices.

Monster didn't like this and sued them using rather debatable design patents, but they didn't count on the guy who runs it being a retired
attorney who specialised in this area when he was practicing!

The initial letter and BlueJeans' response can be seen here:

http://www.bluejeanscable.com/legal/mcp/index.htm

There are a few superb quotes, like this one:

Quote:Indeed, the less my customers think my products resemble Monster's, in form or function, the better.

Big Grin

I guess that no less would be expected from a guy who says:

Quote:Not only am I unintimidated by litigation; I sometimes rather miss it.

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2012-05-04, 14:00
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RE: Entertaining Monster Riposte
Well then.......

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2012-05-04, 14:23
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RE: Entertaining Monster Riposte
This is brilliant.
I love reading these kinds of stories. I guess they don't call them liars (oops lawyers) for nothing Tongue

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