Blue Jeans and Monster Cable

It’s been in the news recently but Kurt Denke of Blue Jeans Cable (manufacturers of low cost cables for various audio/video interconnects) got a nice Cease and Desist letter from Monster Cable, claiming he was infringing Monster’s IP somehow. He decided to respond here with a rather nice letter that basically makes rather interesting comments given Kurt’s 19 years of experience in ligitation.

“It looks like when you sent this letter, you were operating on the premise that I am not smart enough to see through your deceptions or sophisticated enough to intelligently evaluate your claims; shame on you. You are required, as a matter of legal ethics, to display good faith and professional candor in your dealings with adverse parties, and you have fallen miserably short of your ethical responsibilities.”

Today as part of our discussions we were debating whether the audio/video hyperbole will reach levels of my own phrases like “Photon Free Optical Cable” or “Negatron Free Electrical Cable”, amusing in their own right…

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Blue Jeans and Monster Cable

It’s been in the news recently but Kurt Denke of Blue Jeans Cable (manufacturers of low cost cables for various audio/video interconnects) got a nice Cease and Desist letter from Monster Cable, claiming he was infringing Monster’s IP somehow. He decided to respond here with a rather nice letter that basically makes rather interesting comments given Kurt’s 19 years of experience in ligitation.

“It looks like when you sent this letter, you were operating on the premise that I am not smart enough to see through your deceptions or sophisticated enough to intelligently evaluate your claims; shame on you. You are required, as a matter of legal ethics, to display good faith and professional candor in your dealings with adverse parties, and you have fallen miserably short of your ethical responsibilities.”

Today as part of our discussions we were debating whether the audio/video hyperbole will reach levels of my own phrases like “Photon Free Optical Cable” or “Negatron Free Electrical Cable”, amusing in their own right…

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