Monster Cable suing Blue Jeans Cable

[superchad]

On a fun note when you look at the Monster issue link posted a few back about the company and its questionable treatment of workers, when you look at the boycott list it appears Monster is in real trouble.......... I mean how can Monster survive with the "Harvey Milk Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Democratic Club" against them!!!???

[Anthony]

Read the whole thing. He not only picks apart their patent and IP arguments, he also goes into great detail as to how this is a lose-lose proposition for Monster (without even mentioning publicity).

Also, there is a great paragraph where he calls them out for being based out of Bermuda or some other island as a tax shelter -- putting them on notice that if this goes to trial that factoid will be brought up in open court and if there are any shenanigans going on they could be in big trouble. I don't even pretend to understand the law in this regard, but I bet Kurt does!

We need a popcorn smiley for this

[Vader]

This is classic. Kurt, please keep us apprised as to Monster's response to your letter. As I see it (and I am the poster child for legal ignorance), your letter puts Monster between a PR rock and a hard place: If they continue with the litigation, they will be toast (not to mention the bad PR that comes with it), and if they back down their MO will be laid out plain for all to see... As the office "Home Theater Geek", I am the "goto guy" at work for all things relating to AV (kinda sad really, when you realize just how little I know about this stuff), so I am telling anybody that asks for cable advice (more often than you might think) to avoid Monster like the plague, and to take a look at BJC...

On a side note, all of my component cables for both HD and SD are Beldon 1694A, which I got from you guys. Best cables I have ever bought!