We have always heard that BOSE is a lawyer happy company. This time they are suing CEDIA for using the name 'Lifestyle Electronics'.
It could be another two years before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office rules on Bose’s petition to cancel CEDIA’s “Lifestyle Electronics” trademark registrations, CEDIA’s trademark attorney toldTWICE.
In the meantime, CEDIA [the Custom Electronics Design and Installation Association] can continue using the two words to describe its mission because the patent office has no authority to issue a temporary injunction on their use, attorney Peter Mack said. Bose could sue CEDIA in court to get an injunction, but to date, Mack said he has picked up “no signals” from Bose that it would go to court. The patent office doesn’t impose monetary damages, he added.
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