OA661: Monster Cable and the Best CnD Response Ever
Added 2022-12-13 02:00:02 +0000 UTCOnce upon a time, there was a company that sold incredibly overpriced cables... When that well went dry, they moved onto patent trolling. This is the story of when they attempted to patent troll the wrong guy...
Links: Monster Cable - Wikipedia, Monster Cables, Monster Ripoff: 80% Markups – Consumerist, Do Coat Hangers Sound As Good Monster Cables? – Consumerist, HDMI cable scam used to fool in-store customers? | Engadget, Monster "HDMI Difference" scam still kickin' in Fry's Electronics | Engadget, Monster patent C&D, exhibits, Blue Jeans Cable response, Blue Jeans Cable Strikes Back - Response to Monster Cable | Audioholics
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I really enjoyed this, years of tech support calls explaining that gold-plated "high-end" Monster HDMI cables were a scam and now I have court filings to cite to as well. Fantastic.
Galaar
2022-12-16 05:02:12 +0000 UTCAndrew was wrong. Those model numbers for Monster products that cost more than $500 were amps, not cables.
Andrew Katzenberger
2022-12-13 23:00:01 +0000 UTC
