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Former Star Wars audio company THX sues Apple over speakers

By Rene Ritchie, Monday, Mar 18, 2013 a 10:21 am

THX, the audio company founded by George Lucas to ensure the audio quality of the Star Wars films, has filed a patent infringement suit against Apple for the speakers used on the iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Independent since 2001, THX holds a 2008 patent for a sound-boosting speaker. Karen Gullo & Joel Rosenblatt of Bloomberg report:

Apple hires THX's Tomlinson Holman -- bring the noise!

By Georgia, Wednesday, May 4, 2011 a 4:48 pm

It's ironic how the company that brought us the iPod has never really had great speakers (or earbuds!) but Apple might be about to change that in a big way by bringing in the man behind Lucasfilm's amazing THX audio quality program, Tomlinson Holman. According to Chief TWiT Leo Laporte: