Koss® Corporation Announces Second Phase of Intellectual Property Enforcement Program
July 23 2020 - 8:00AM
Koss® Corporation (NASDAQ Symbol: KOSS), the U.S. based
high-fidelity Stereophone manufacturer and inventor of the world’s
first SP/3 Stereophone in 1958, announced the next phase of the
company’s intellectual property enforcement program.
“Koss has taken deliberate action and filed multiple complaints
in United States District Court against multiple companies that we
believe are engaging in the willful infringement of several Koss
patents,” said Michael J. Koss, Jr., Vice President – Marketing
& Product.
The Koss patents in this enforcement action date back to the
mid-2000s when Koss began investing heavily in developing and
inventing truly wireless headphones capable of operating as
bidirectional endpoints, the company called this project “Striva”.
Many of the features of the various headphones and other devices
that Koss invented as part of Striva were patented, and Koss
believes that major brands in the audio industry are now willfully
infringing upon these patents.
“In 1958, my grandfather, John C. Koss invented the world’s
first SP/3 Stereophone. That invention has often been credited for
creating the global stereo headphone industry. Almost 50 years
later, my father, Michael J. Koss, Koss Corporation Chairman and
CEO, carried on my grandfather’s inventive spirit with the creation
of Striva,” said Koss.
Koss went on to explain that the company is monitoring
developments in the market and will take action against other
unauthorized products being sold that infringe on any of its
patents.
“Our singular focus has been to shepherd the industry that John
Koss created by obsessively developing new products to bring people
closer to the music they love,” Koss said. “It is impossible for us
to be responsible stewards of our industry when our ideas,
inventions and intellectual property rights are disregarded.”
Koss® Corporation: The Original American Stereophone Company
since 1958Koss® markets a complete line of high-fidelity
headphones, wireless Bluetooth® headphones, wireless Bluetooth®
speakers, computer headsets, telecommunications headsets, active
noise canceling headphones, and compact disc recordings of American
Symphony Orchestras on the Koss Classics® label. For more
information, follow Koss on Instagram @Koss,
Twitter @KossHeadphones, on Facebook at Facebook.com/Koss, or
at Koss.com.
Contact:IPmedia@koss.com
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