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ClearOne alleges Shure infringed on its patent

January 22, 2020

ClearOne, an A/V solutions provider, claimed on Jan. 13 that Shure's MXA910W-A ceiling array microphone infringes upon its U.S. Patent No. 9,813,806.

Judge Edmond E. Chang, of the U.S. District Court of the Northern District of Illinois, has granted ClearOne's request for a preliminary injunction against manufacturing, selling or marketing the MXA910, according to a press release. Shure claims that that the MXA910W-A does not violate the patent.

"The Court has explicitly stated the preliminary injunction of the MXA910 issued in August 2019 does not address the newly designed MXA910W-A. Shure specifically designed the new MXA910W-A to comply with the court’s orders, and we remain confident that this new product does not violate the '806 patent," a spokesperson for Shure said in an email. "The MXA910W-A remains available in the US and our top priority continues to be providing an uninterrupted supply of innovative products to our customers. We continue to believe the '806 patent is invalid and look forward to presenting our case in Court. Today’s announcement is another example of ClearOne competing in the courtroom because it cannot effectively compete in the marketplace."

ClearOne claims the product infringes on its beamforming ceiling tile patent. The company has protected its beamforming Microsoft array technology by a dozen patents and pending patents.

"In our view, Shure did not put in the time or effort necessary to ensure that its new product respects ClearOne's intellectual property rights," Zee Hakimoglu, chair and CEO, ClearOne, said in the release. "ClearOne is disappointed in Shure's ongoing infringement and its refusal to compete fairly in the market."

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