Ray Garrison Posted March 28, 2005 Share Posted March 28, 2005 From the Stereophile website, we have the following... CEDIA Wins Another Victory in Bose "Lifestyles" Suit By Wes Phillips March 28, 2005 On March 22, it was announced that the Custom Electronic Design and Installation Association (CEDIA) had received another ruling in its favor from the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board in the action brought against it by Bose Corporation to cancel CEDIA's trademark registrations for the phrase "Electronic Lifestyles." The Board denied Bose's motion for summary judgment and declined to consider fraud claims against CEDIA regarding the registrations. Bose manufactures a speaker line known as "Lifestyles" and charges that CEDIA's use of "Electronic Lifestyles" resembles its trademark to the extent that it will cause confusion in the marketplace. The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board decision represents CEDIA's second victory concerning Bose's claims over its trademark, the association having previously received a ruling that one of Bose's claims was filed too late and that CEDIA's registration could not be canceled on the grounds that it would cause confusion. Bose brought suit against CEDIA in February 2005 for its use of the phrase, which the trade organization had been using for its non-profit activities since 1995. CEDIA received four federal trademark registrations for "Electronic Lifestyles" in 1998 and 1999. Bose has also gone after SmartHouse magazine for referring to a Pioneer Home Cinema system as a "Lifestyle" product, and has threatened legal action against A/V distributors of Pioneer and Yamaha products in Australia for having used the description. Bose is a member of CEDIA. CEDIA's president, Ray Lepper, said: "We are pleased by this latest ruling by the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board in CEDIA's favor. We continue to believe that this action by Bose is wholly unwarranted and harmful to our association and represents a very misguided corporate culture at what could otherwise be an active and productive member of CEDIA." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m00n Posted March 28, 2005 Share Posted March 28, 2005 Reminds me of Monster Cable's filings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBrennan Posted March 28, 2005 Share Posted March 28, 2005 Klipsch trademarking "tractrix", an engineering term in use since at least the 1930s, seems rather Bose-ish. All the more so since folks at Klipsch acknowledged it was Bruce Edgar's tractrix articles in SpeakerBuilder that interested them in tractrix horns. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klipschfoot Posted March 28, 2005 Share Posted March 28, 2005 CEDIA to Bose: "You're fired." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fastlane Posted March 28, 2005 Share Posted March 28, 2005 Please remind me of Monsters lawsuits? Oh please no. We would need an entirely new forum category for that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonfyr Posted April 11, 2005 Share Posted April 11, 2005 While I have never been a fan of either company in any form, in all fairness (even if they don't want to), if they do not aggressively challenge encroachments on that which they make claim is a tradmark or copyright, they lose it. So, as absurd as it may seem and indeed may be, there is a precedent to the madness. One might also wonder as to whether a trademark, once it has effectively been associated with either company, would offer ANY advantage! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben. Posted April 11, 2005 Share Posted April 11, 2005 Good point. I think the Lifestyle condom folks should sue Bose for leading folks to associate the term with little things that underperform, and get bragged about unjustifiably. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meuge Posted April 11, 2005 Share Posted April 11, 2005 ---------------- On 4/11/2005 11:08:00 PM ben. wrote: I think the Lifestyle condom folks should sue Bose for leading folks to associate the term with little things that underperform, and get bragged about unjustifiably. ---------------- I don't know about that. Lifestyle condoms aren't known for their performance, reliability, or glamour either. But what do I know, I'm just 23 Seriously though, this whole trademark/lawsuit scheme is getting annoying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicholtl Posted April 12, 2005 Share Posted April 12, 2005 I think Lifestyle Condoms were rated #1 in Consumer Reports, a few years back. But then again, what do they know, right? Plus...who's to say their testers were REAL men? Anyone who writes for a silly little magazine like that was probably the pimpled class nerd. =) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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