--- description: Bose is suing Beats in the middle of Beats' acquisition by Apple. title: Bose Is Suing Beats Over Headphone Patents image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb3c9981e68533bee/69869d5035ba6f1c83c032c2/489010567.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Bose Is Suing Beats Over Headphone Patents by [Victor Luckerson](/author/victor-luckerson/) ## Victor Luckerson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 25, 2014 8:05 PM CUT  Beats headphones in an Apple store on May 9, 2014 in New York City. Beats headphones in an Apple store on May 9, 2014 in New York City.Andrew Burton—Getty Images by [Victor Luckerson](/author/victor-luckerson/) ## Victor Luckerson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 25, 2014 8:05 PM CUT Bose is suing Beats Electronics over the noise-canceling technology in Beats’ headphones. Bose filed suit in a U.S. District Court in Delaware Friday, claiming that Beats violated five different patents in the manufacture of its line of Studio noise-canceling headphones. The patents in question are for technology such as “Dynamically Configurable ANR Filter Block Technology” and “Digital High Frequency Phase Compensation.” Bose is seeking an injunction to prevent Beats from selling the products it says violate its patents, as well as an award for damages. Apple agreed to buy Beats for $3 billion in May. The deal is still pending regulatory approval. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3036763/bose-beats-lawsuit/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3036763/bose-beats-lawsuit/"},"headline":"Bose Is Suing Beats Over Headphone Patents","datePublished":"2014-07-25T20:05:29.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:02:51.141Z","description":"As Beats is being bought by Apple","url":"https://time.com/3036763/bose-beats-lawsuit/","keywords":["Tech","Apple","Music","Beats Music","lawsuits"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb3c9981e68533bee/69869d5035ba6f1c83c032c2/489010567.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Victor Luckerson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/victor-luckerson/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb3c9981e68533bee/69869d5035ba6f1c83c032c2/489010567.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Apple Said To Be In Talks To Purchase Beats Headphones Company","caption":"Apple Said To Be In Talks To Purchase Beats Headphones Company","creditText":"Andrew Burton—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3036763/bose-beats-lawsuit/","name":"Bose Is Suing Beats Over Headphone Patents"}}]}] ```