Bluetooth pairing Patent case ends temporarily: Apple wins the case and does not constitute infringement

CTOnews.com, Aug. 16 (Xinhua)-- A US court ruled that Apple won the patent lawsuit between Apple and One-E-Way that its AirPods headphones did not infringe on the latter's two Bluetooth pairing patents.

One-E-Way holds two technology patents and outlines the system used to generate "unique user code". The company believes that pairing is based on the patent by sending a code to the headset.

One-E-Way disagreed with the United States District Court's decision and has appealed to the Federal Circuit Court.

CTOnews.com Note: One-E-Way began suing Apple in 2020, alleging that a number of Apple headphones infringed its patent on its "wireless digital audio music system."

The patents involved in the lawsuit use a wireless code division multiple access technology to promote "private listening" while avoiding interference with other devices working on the same radio frequency.

One-E-Way pointed out that Apple's headset devices that support the Bluetooth standard use this technology and other related technologies.

One-E-Way requires Apple to pay royalties, interest and litigation costs.