Comments on: N2IT’s Lawsuit against M-Audio Dismissed

By: Escapemcp

Escapemcp — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 10:10:00 +0000

QUOTE: “The sad truth is that no one ever really wins a lawsuit”…
Yeah, except the lawyers, moneysucking vampires!

By: phonecards

phonecards — Sun, 26 Dec 2010 07:28:01 +0000

I must say that this is good news for djs, if the patent had gone through, these other companies wouldn’t of developed their dvs meaning no fair market and where would digital djing be nowhere, I even doute this blog would of even existed.

By: steve

steve — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 09:05:22 +0000

I know this is an old thread, but it looks like there haven’t been any thoughts from patent lawyers. I’m a DJ and a patent lawyer. Based on what’s written in this article, there’s a couple of points that probably haven’t been mentioned here.

If M-Audio licensed this technology from Ms. Pinky, surely Ms. Pinky has a very big interest in this lawsuit. In fact, if M-Audio had the proper representation from their patent attorney, they would have required indemnification from Ms. Pinky in the event of such a patent infringement lawsuit (basically means Ms. Pinky would have to pay/defend). That being said, it’s likely Ms. Pinky defended or bankrolled M-Audio’s defense behind the scenes.

On the other hand, it’s interesting that N2It pulled the plug on litigation and settled without dealing defending an invalidity defense. It sounds like there were some serious questions of invalidity and they’d rather not risk it. So, will they go after FS? Only if they have the balls to gamble again with the validity of their patent.

Without getting into any discussion on whether patent law stifles competition and development of science, the practical result is that it won’t have any effect on us as consumers. If N2IT goes after FS, you might even see everyone end up being friends (cross-licensing) with some undisclosed amount of $ being exchanged of course (i.e. Nvidia v. Silicon Graphics). But, the possibility of DJ’s losing the right to use FS, Ms. Pinky or Torq is probably slim to none. Case in point: RIM (blackberry company) got screwed and paid crazy dollars in royalties, which really could have been avoided, but they gambled and lost. Yet, they’re still around and everyone’s still got their crackberries. Nothing’s changed.

By: Kevin Hackett

Kevin Hackett — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 22:54:42 +0000

reading all this makes me glad I own Denon HS5500 AND 3700′s, best piece of dj kit made so far. 86 the computer, Denon is the only company looking at the future.

By: chEx

chEx — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 07:16:31 +0000

[quote comment="24528"]chEx – that’s not the case at all. N2IT now is not the same company it was then. I’ve been following this case since the beginning and have very clear info on what happened. The case being dismissed is a very good thing, since it would have mostly impacted Ms. Pinky. And Ms. Pinky did not “reverse engineer” FS – they work in different but similar ways. I can’t help but feel there was a bit of the litigiousness of the SCO Unix lawsuit in this case.[/quote]

Never mind then. It’s been quite a few years since i really gotten myself in the legal issues with in2it. So i guess n2it is not what i thought they were.

By: As the Turntable Turns: Digital Vinyl Survives, Real Technics 1200 Dies (Or Not) | uptownboogiedown

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 21:32:29 +0000

[...] and who owns digital vinyl technology continues. The latest development: the court has dismissed N2IT’s claim against M-Audio, as covered by djtechtools. Before you strike this as a victory in the M-Audio column, it’s possible the parties settled [...]

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Wed, 02 Dec 2009 16:50:56 +0000

By: timofey

timofey — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 14:58:48 +0000

[quote comment="24511"]Pure speculation, but this may be good for Ms. Pinky and Serato, since both of those have different technology underlying the product, and aren’t derived directly, or even indirectly, from N2IT’s patent, as opposed to the N2IT-Final Scratch-Traktor products, which are all from the same technology and are undeniably related. At least it may be a tougher case than N2IT was willing to pursue.

At least I hope it is, since I am a fan and user of Ms. Pinky.[/quote]
i want become a fan too, what do u think about it pitch control and sound not for turntablism, but for mixing?