B&W Case Against KEF Dismissed By U.S. Court

2-Sep-03

B&W filed a ""Covenant Not To Sue"" that led to the U.S. Court's dismissal of its suit against KEF for alleged design patent and ""trade dress"" infringement. KEF has since filed additional U.S. claims against B&W alleging unfair competitive practices, false advertising, and violation of U.S. antitrust law. KEF had been adamant that B&W's assertions and statements that KEF copied its designs in some of KEF's Reference Series of loudspeakers were unfounded. B&W had repeatedly alleged that an aspect of the design of its Nautilus 800 Series of speakers--that of a tweeter mounted on top of a curved back cabinet--was copied by KEF in the design of KEF's Reference Series, notwithstanding KEF's claim that they had pioneered this design as far back as 1977 with its Reference 105. B&W further asserted that these features lacked technical merit and were purely cosmetic in nature. KEF said that this was completely contradictory to their advertised positions that the same features provided functional superiority for their products. KEF thus considers B&W's claim in this regard to be false as may be gleaned from the attached documents.For more information about B&W Loudspeakers, visit www.bwspeakers.com. For more information about KEF, visit www.kef.com.

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