More reason not to buy from Monster: Lawyering up against the little guys

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=1014622

Apparently Monster is going after Bluejeans and others for having connectors too similar to Monster's patents.

Can't compete in the marketplace? Then they'll just compete in the courthouse, I guess.

Anyhow, it's further reason not to buy their products (not that we really needed more reasons).

That's a shame. It looks like Blue Jeans has pulled the Tartan cables in question off of their site. What's funny to me, though, is that the standard BJC products (which use Canare connectors, not included in the threatening letter) are still less expensive and better quality than Monster's typical offerings.

There you have it…litigation as a refuge for the scoundrel.

Bluejean fights back...this is great!

http://www.audioholics.com/news/industry-news/blue-jeans-strikes-back

Yeah, and apparently Monster's been trying to do damage control. The Tartan offerings are back up on the Blue Jeans site.

http://www.audioholics.com/news/press-releases/monster-cable-responds-a-message-from-noel-lee

Yeah that letter from Noel Lee is apparently kind of old and doesn't really pertain to the current situation according to what I've read on the Monster vs BJC thread on AVS.

Now that's an impressive response by Blue Jeans, on a number of levels...

Oh and the Tartan cables in question are not back up on Blue Jeans site as far as I can tell.

Only the Tartan HDMI cables which were never part of the dispute, as far as I know.

The Tartan Cables are on their own separate site. Ironically, I'd not heard about Tartan before now, but based on the prices I'm seeing on the Tartan site , I can see that being my recommendation of choice for friends and co-workers looking for reasonable cables at a minimum cost (those cases when even stuff like Blue Jeans or Outlaw cabling is too pricey) - if others do the same, Monster's original C&D effort is likely to help BJC's Tartan subsidiary...

Ahh thanks gonk.

Alex

Booyah!