Rudy Huyn's 6Studio dreams are put on hold due to legal entanglement

You could be stoned...really...ok, virtually for not knowing who he is.

Welcome to WP community! Rudy? In short, he is WP ecosystem's backbone.

We are all Rudy.

Really ? He's one of the (? Most ?) best known dev here, develops third party apps for services not on windows phone yet, like snapchat.

He's the top notch developer who created apps that were either missing from the WP store or missing in functionality. Many of his app are highly rated and in some cases more feature rich than the official apps themselves. Some of his apps... 6tag/Instagram, 6snap/Snapchat, 6sec/Vine and etc.. 

If he reads this... implement the share functionality into his apps for video! (*WP 8.1)

You use a WP? And who are you talking about? If you were talking about Rudy, at least have the courtesy to spell his name right.. He's our WP's superhero! Anyway, Beats Audio thinks that people might find it confusing, are they stupid or what? Do they think that we are not able to tell the difference...some of these companies' legal/marketing people got too much time on their hands...

Danilo Bortolato says: "Who is Rudy Huwy ? Never heard about him. Anyway this is the law, right ?" 1) Rudy is the man when it comes to bringing the goods to WP arena with polished touch when the original apps developer(s) opt to dish WP. So, simply put, Rudy is the .......... "could someone help with the word I am looking for here prety please " 2) What do you mean by "this is the law, right?" I want to make sure you are not read wrongly thus wrong answers. The articles did not state that Rudy violated any law, it simply states that another company is challenging Rudy's use of 6Studio as a company name because the challenging company with totally different business believes 6Studio is too similar in name to "Beats Studio" and that it could cause potential customers who are in the market for audio accessaries that Beats Studio sells to accidentally go buy windows phone apps because of his claim of too similar business names. (huh.. who knew, I wany head phone, I end up buying instagram app because the company names are just too close to call) Now, tip for you and this one is free.: If you ever go to Windows Phone Store, search using 6 and most of the apps that get listed are Rudy's awesome works.

Troll hard score = 9. Pretty crap bortolato

omg .... these people....  

It's due to similarities between the b in beats studio (b studio) and 6 studio
It looks more similar then

No, if you read Rudy's tweets, it is just the word studio.

Good time to stop buying Beats.

Good time to down vote their shitty application....

I'm going to cancel my Beats Audio subscription and rate it down now that I hear this nonsense. Thanks.

It was never a good time to buy beats in imo. The sound is so muddy. I've used £30 headphones that produced more accurate frequencies and tones.

Yeah, my $ 50 Behringer is far more better than those junk produced by Beats. We should bring people to enlightment.

Although I don't wanna be a hypocrite as I do own a pair of Nokia Monster Purity Pros, lol...but no joke...the sound is awesome!!!

That is because Beats are only worth about that. A $300 pair of beats is marked up from the $150 some odd dollar wholesale and then probably $100 from Beats themselves.
That is why they (Beats and Retailers) push so hard to sell them. They are pure profit machines.

They're shit headphones!

The purity pros aren't that bad, lol. I wouldn't use them for sound production or mixing (my sennheiser's at half the price are better for that because of the flatter frequency response) but the purity pros offer good sound for general listening. I would even go as far to say they are almost as good as my KRK6s (monitor speakers) as far as clarity and all around eargasms. Not to mention the fact that they are wireless, last 24 hours on battery, don't blow your ears apart due to the excellent noise cancellation resulting in safer listening, they work in unison with windows phone for all the voice recognition etc and they are so comfortable and lightweight that I can wear them for hours without discomfort. And they look amazing in yellow!!!

Dr Dre needs to go beat off

Technically 50% was sold to HTC. Not sure if it was worth it since HTC has remain pretty much stagnant

It seems they have brought back there share holder from HTC recently.

WOW.

Lol!!!

Lol

Why not just call his company 6apps. Or is he worried that it sounds like saps? :D Sap - A covered tunnel dug to a point near or within an enemy position. (somewhat like creating apps that give access to someone else's services :D

No, 6Studio is what it should be called b/c that's what Rudy decided. This legal filing by Beats Audio is a joke!

Agree. They're just afraid their own app may be lower rated because of Rudy's superior app...

That will now happen for sure, since Beats just pissed off the core WP community.  

Exactly!

Fried chicken eating mofos.

is it cause we forgot about Dre?

+920

You win! I award you with the interwebz ;)

Amazing comment :D

Which is what people have to be to actually buy anything from Beats Audio...

^^this; good way for Beats to lose WP customers.  

Since when the word "Studio" is proprietary?! Is Beats learning from Apple? or are they really bored? This is ridiculous.

This is so far fetched, only gives Beats Audio a bad name really..

Among wp users.. Others wont care. Sadly, Rudy is being harassed for no reason.

There are a number of Beats attorneys who would disagree with you. They have expensive lifestyles to maintain 'ya know!

Rudy may be a legend to us but outside WP borders not many will or notice.

Did they ever have a good name? Their headphones suck and the subscription services are overpriced for what they offer.

Only to people who know what they are talking about. The masses are drones

I think this is an asinine move by them, but...their streaming product is a great price/value. As well, their hardware sounds great, just overpriced.

Can't comment on the streaming product as it's not available in the UK, thank god. Correction, their hardware sounds good .... if all you listen to is Rap!!!

Exactly. Nobody would confuse Rudy's great apps for their overpriced, celebrity endorsed junk.

That's what pop cultural celebrity endorsements will get you.

Let's bring people to enlightment: Do not buy Beats product. Beats headphones are junk. My $ 50 BEHRINGER is PERFECT for average user and "not bad" for audio geeks. Bing it.

I don't know, I still prefer my Sennheiser's

Yeah. I love Sennheiser too. We got many wide spectrum headphones priced <$100. I just can't understand why Beats sued Rudy's nano-company.

If you want a truly great sound, buy studio monitors. Don't buy Beats

Film on tv app please

Does the title of the thread say"Please place suggestions for apps here"? Well, does it?!

-925

Beats studio has gone crazy!

They're afraid.

Exactly,

Similar if you're an idiot

I think its BC of this... 6studio & bstudio. Not saying that they have a case but they do have money.

Their not in the same markets. Their would be zero chance of confusion because Rudy doesn't sell headphones and beats doesn't really make apps. They make a subscription beats music service, but there is still zero chance that anyone would be confused with beats studio and 6 studio. Frankly, most people don't really know which companies make their apps.

Exactly...

That's a shame. Rudy is supplying to an audience, demand is there - if these companies are so bothered, well surely this will only be a problem if beats I'd bringing something to wp8 and soon. Otherwise..?

That's understandable if Rudy creates an app that provide audio enhancement, but in this case it will be the name of his newly set up company =..=

That's not how all companies think. Remember Microsoft's SkyDrive and Sky TV? SkyDrive was providing a product that is in no way related to what Sky TV provides, but still caused an issue because they were 'Sky'

Sky Drive and Sky TV sounds like coming from 1 company but what about Beats Studio and 6Studio can be related? There are several other companies out there that can have more relatable names such as Bird Studio, Bees Studio just to name a few. I can't believe how stupid this case is.

Actually, they must've meant that the 'b' of beat studio logo, it would look like 6 in many ways :-P

But he said due to name is too similar, not because of the logo. If the logo is infringing the right then it will be stated there in the first place instead of the name. Stupid right? 

I think in the past (might still be going, not sure) BSKyB (or Sky) had a 'cloud' storage service which, technically, would work similar to Sky(One)Drive. Until SkyDrive had to change name, I'd never heard of this servie they offer (or seen it advertised) and I've been with Sky for 17 years.

Microsoft would have won if they went to court. They weren't in the same business and you can't copyright a generic term like Sky. I think microsoft just want to deal with the legal hassle and they really didn't spend a lot of money advertising the skydrive brand. So, they decided it is just easier and cheaper to rebrand it.

+920. And I think Sky did them a favour, OneDrive fits nicely in with One Microsoft... This on the other hand is compeletely bull$hit. Who is Beat Studio? What about (Bing results) www.studio.com, Southpark Studios, Facebook-studio, the3dstudio, 24studio.co.uk, ... Are they going to sue them all? I would think that the amount of companies already using the word studio at the end of their company name shows, that there is no case? This sueing-people-for-using-english-words is getting a bit out of hand.

What on earth are you talking about?

Just leave em to himself, he just needed to get that out.

haha they are just retarted. 

Yes, so "retarted"

LMAO!

R-E-T-A-R-D-E-D

You spelt "R-E-T-A-R-T-E-D" wrong dude.

He actually spelled it right, but the use of the word is sketchy.

what's that? is it when you were a tart and then you got redone into another tart?

Ridiculous

So call it 7beets! Lol (dumb asses). Guess Beats board is bored!

Yeah.. Not bothering to make a proper official app, but can bother to bother nice devs who bother to bother themselves and to make apps so that people don't get bothered by missing apps from companies which didn't bother to make an official app.
Hell, who can understand this comment ? :))

+920

+720, and bonus points for Beats Audio app not being available in Chile.

They dont have the time to sit and work on worthwhile official apps themselves but they got all the time in the world for such nonsense. When it comes to bringing down somebody.. These guys are first in line. Morons.

Do they have evidence of market confusion?

If not, he's set. Can we start a donation fund to help him fight it?

+920

Beats audio sucks. This just makes those fucktards suck even more.

Haha, fuck beats, fuck their crappy fake( sound quality) headphones. Get Sennheiser instead

This is retarded. They probably took their lessons from ZeniMax (Elder Scrolls = Scrolls)

So 6Studio is similar to Beats Studio? How the hell are consumers going to be confused by that? What is wrong with these companies...

Its not similar. Heck I didn't even know Beats Studio existed. I've heard of Beats Audio, but not Studio.

I think they may have a point. Like many here I can't figure out wtf beats is talking about. Ergo I'm as confused as everyone else, we are all confused hence proving their point. But what beats misconstrues is that consumer confusion is related to their products being crap, not Rudy's co.

This is the problem:
bStudio
6Studio

yes, for people that actually confuse numbers with letters

Way to insult the intelligence of their very own target market.

not really a problem since they are not the same business. If he was putting red 6s on headphones, I would understand their issue with it. 6Studio will be making apps with the 6 in front of the name. Will beats be making a bunch of apps with a b in front of the name?

bbeats, it'll be a special birthday edition haha

Beats Studio should probably file a lawsuit against Microsoft Studios and Dreamworks Studios for that matter...
Oh no, they are a bit too big to take on. Best take on the little guy instead
The whole Beats company is a huge steaming turd. Overpriced headphones and a pretty rubbish music streaming service. I hope they fail.

and Visual Studio too.

I read his tweet he told the only word with which beats has problem is "studio" they guys really suck!!
You can find his tweet here.
https://twitter.com/RudyHuyn/status/463765374924640256

I think its just because the 'b' in the beats logo and nothing else. This will only be a problem when WP blows up and if Rudy is still making apps.

Yeah 'b' can be the reason. Didn't notice it till now. Rich you can add it to the article.

Except that Rudy has said (and it is noted in the picture he posted) that their issue is with the word 'studio'...

But he said due to name is too similar, not because of the logo. If the logo is infringing the right then it will be stated there in the first place instead of the name.

I smell fear, way to go Rudy... smash them!!

This is out of hand,

Guys check this video out to see how Beats Audio fools people. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cdbn_pmxFic

great one. this would make me choose a non-beats product. i like to tune my own EQ   Go Rudy!

I think it's similar because the logo on beats it's a small "b" and the similarities between "b" and "6"...
Still it's very farfetched.. :/

Vote for rudy

Wtf? Confusion ? Is Beats Studio serriously out of their mind ? Companies have so much money to waste these days that they spend it on filing petetions for stupid things.

We should run a campain against them on twitter @BeatsSupport

Beats audio has gone full retard. One should never go full retard.

While, the name does not sound similar to beats studio, the "b" in the beats logo looks very similar to 6. So, there is a small room for confusion. That might be the basis for the legal notice.

Nope its over the term "studio", lol. http://wmpoweruser.com/beats-electronics-block-rudy-huyns-6studio-tradem...

Except beats studio never advertizes as b studios, they always go with the full word beats.

This Is ridiculous

They can't make proper sounding headpones, their music service is failing hard and so I guess what's left is being a troll then.. the idiots..

They're actually one of the most profitable headphones company in the world. But carry on with your Rudy circlejerk

This is only because they are trendy at the moment, their products are not that great or near the level of their asking prices.
Rudy on the other hand provides 3rd party apps that are often times known for blowing away apps provided by their official company developers if provided at all.
So Yes we will continue to support Rudy as he is actually doing something useful in proving what can be done on WP and helping grow and mature the WP ecosystem.

Only because people are idiots,and have no clue as to what the audio is supposed to sound like to begin with.

Profitable? Oh.. Only stupid people buy Beats headphones. We should bring people to enlightment. My $ 50 BEHRINGER is PERFECT for average user, "not bad" for audio geeks.

Yeah, but that's just because of marketing. The headphones are, in actuality, over priced garbage. There are plenty of headphones that blow Beats out of the water, and aren't as recognized by the consumer market. And less expensive, too. That's what happens when the market is filled with droned sheep, great marketing, and celebrity representation.

@ PureView, you are a fucking retarded moron who doesn't know about sound quality or you don't know about headphones at all. Do some research before commenting that beats are most profitable and by the way... FUCK YOU

Beats headsets are at best lower-middle class quality products which are way overpriced for the quality they offer. You buy into the brand and 'cool' factor but basically deprive yourself of any real audio quality.   My background is being a sound engineer for 30+ years, what's yours?

yeah exactly but it still doesn't deserve to be called BEST.

In what language does 'beats' sound like 'six'? Why do companies insist on being hated by the public?

Warning : "Playing audio too loud for extended periods can result in hairing loss". Idiots!

Complete morons.

I would never have contributed my male pattern baldness to loud music. Suddenly I regret having used old Koss Pro headsets when I was younger, and having a system in my car metered at 143.2db by iasca.

Seriously Beats Audio? Seriously.....?
What a stupid company you are!

Yeah because the word studio is copyrighted by these idiots. I cant find how both of them are similar.

One day new companies will have no name to name their nameless company. These people(registrar) are shortsighted lol

I will vote on this matter with my wallet.  Nothing Beats for me, thank you.  Freakin rediculous.

Been on that boat, never purchased anything beats and never will.

What I don't like, as a Windows phone user, is that now Rudy will spend time on legal stuff while he could instead work on the apps we use!

Never heard of beats studio. Wtf if they want to dispute on windows phone they need to make a wp app, wtf is their problem...

Personally I would never be inclined, as a consumer, to confuse the two brands. One is a creator of high quality apps for Windows Phone, the other makes shitty, overpriced headphones that only partially deaf teenagers buy.

Beats must have a pretty low opinion of its customer base, too

Exactly!!! They don't think anything of their target market, that comes through crystal clear with this dispute.

but seeing those trendy low trouser slung music aficionados wearing their brightly coloured and tremendously overpriced logo-earmuffs is how you know they're so jolly clever about music and quality and stuff

Exactly!

I read the documentation, it appears that they are "concerned" over the use of "studio" in his company name and trademark filing. If that is the case what about Microsoft Studios?? are these lawyers on crack or something?! Lol. http://wmpoweruser.com/beats-electronics-block-rudy-huyns-6studio-tradem...

Yay to all the suckers that bought  beats audio.        

Um, ok? I don't see how people will get these confused... But for Rudy, I feel it'd be easier to just find new name and ignore it.

Don't waste your precious time fighting these guys, just change the name to 6jam or 6mix or something. But good that you highlight these issues to us so we know to boycott asshole companies like these

This is what happens when big companies like Microsoft roll so easy on names like Metro and SkyDrive. I guess next I'll have to install an update changing the name of Visual Studio.

Microsoft Visual Editor and Development Toolkit for Developers 2013 Service Pack 2 Release Candidate 2?

Truly that would surprise no one.

Dammit, I was about to register my budget wireless headset distribution company specifically for people called Peter: 'Pete's BlueDio', but I can see now how that could also cause confusion....

Beats suck. Lumia line is beter

Dude, don't go full retard.

+1020

Lol I prefer starbuks. Haha.

Similar how? Only noobs buy beats headphones with their stupidly high bass and trebles. Whatever happened to full spectrum audio?

It remains with serious audiophile companies like Sure, Sennheiser, Bose and so on. Beats is just a trend that will soon pass.

Sounds pretty damn petty to me. Other than the word studio they are completely different.

Leave The ultimate wp8 dev alone. They're just haters.

They crazy if they think beats studio and 6studio are similar. Beats need to kill themselves and make a better product

MTV Coke Studio sounds like Beats Studio, why not create fuss about that ...... Just because Rudy is a small WP Developer , you cannot harass him without any reason.

They need to patent the word studio if they want to have an argument

I'm sure you meant trademark.

Is it just me or is a very dangerous precedent being set here. Words are being hijacked and if anybody uses them they end up being sued sky tv using " sky" bethesda suing over the word "Scroll" now this where does it stop?. Just wondering....

+929

Ok, it is kinda strange, but I gotta say it, what is this guys fascination with the number 6. I mean it seems a little satanic to me. I'm just sayin. Am I the only one here that thinks that's kinda out there. All these sixes, 6this & 6that & 6studios & 6snap. 666?

Please stop. Seriously -_-

Umm...seriously?

666 is the number of the beast, and nobody knows what beast... only people... satanic and christian gave it to satan.... so they started saying "oh look I'm satanic 666" and others "oh look he is satanic with 666".
but some people have found that making mathematics with latin language... it gives Pope or VICARIUS FILII DEI a number of 666 same as "LATINUS REX SACERDOS. so is pope satanic for you too? so yes, only you and few people think about satanic and 666, I mean... how a number can be satanic? it's like thinking number 13 is bad luck... or 7 good luck. they are just numbers, a number wont make you go satanic and make some monster with horns appear in front of you.
it's like the same crap about "the mayan end of the world date" it was just people assuming stuff, and some really thought it was real... like if Mayan knew crap, they did of course, but I'm sure they won't know when the world will end. stop believing in numbers and be happy, 666 is not satanic, only some humans made that number satanic. I'm sure if Satan wanted a name, he would take them all, so you would be satanic with any number.

When will Visual Studio sue Beats Studio? /sarcasm Posted using Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 (2012) via Windows Phone Central App

Well he can call it 6Lab or 6works or something

I might recommend against 6works.... for it could be misconstrued by the PC* Happy Brigade as something totally different.   *Politically Correct

This is classic big guy bullying the little guy.
This reveals how small beats really is.
Nonsense

or maybe 6studios as he wanted... this company studio beats doesnt sound and has nothing to complain about... many companies use "studio" so... I think Rudy should name his company whatever he wants as long as it's an original name, as it is...

I call bullshit

Don't worry people. Somewhere there is an alternate reality in which Rudy is suing beats studio for criminal stupidity... No but really this is kinda dumb. Way to go beats for pouring sulfuric acid on my newly regenerated faith in humanity....

Also.. if I could sue certain people I know for criminal stupidity, I would be rich lol

True that bro true that

Time for MS to lend its army of lawyers to Rudy, he has done a lot of great things for WP. Beats has a history of questionable dealings and ripping people off, a horrible company

Scary thought... An army of lawyers....

Yeah... Armies of lawyers is why we have this problem.

What how are they similar what moron would think they are the same

Rudy case is winnable. Other company like universal studio, studio one, ETC didn't objects to beats filing
For their name. This just a shot to scare him away. Their objection will mot stand in a challenge.

As someone who is in the process of trademarking a name this is a normal part of the process i.e. once you file for one other companies are given an opportunity to file objections. The onus is now on Rudy to prove that their claim is bogus which it probably is. Most of the time companies just throw this out to intimidate the competition, kinda like a fishing expedition. So once I am done with mine I can pretty much file complaints against anyone who uses a "similar" name, although I will not do it just because I can. Hopefully Rudy files his objection soon and gets the name he wants.

Can we start a legal defence fund for Rudy and all other small WP developers who are going to be sued by large companies because they use the word "the" in thier app name?  This isn't even an app name!

This has to be a joke. Really!?!?!?!?

If they get away with this one I'm starting a campaign against corruption in the patent office. Besides, if ever your tempted by a $250 set of beats, compare em to a $70 set of sennhiesers or other "quality" phones. Honestly the beats sound like something out of a Christmas cracker in comparison. (own a set of beyers myself, this is no fan boy comment)

Though there are plenty of problems with patents, this it's a trademark dispute.

How?????

I use UE anyways. Beats are blah.

Would love to hear my New Zealand friends say 6Studio ;)

It's just like King trying to copyright the word "saga".  I think they u-turned on that after the flood of aptly named apps named just to extract a certain bodily fluid from them.  Maybe the same thing would work in this case?

This is ridiculous. "I use letters to spell out the name of my company and you are also. You have infringed on my intellectual property". Get vent Jack ass.

He's our WPs freedom fighter

How about Studio6?

This is totally retarded.

ROFL so any company with "studio" will fall foul of Beats?

Face palm

I'd much rather wear a pair of Rudy Beats across my cranium than that drizzle shizzle

Damn! That's messed up

They claim that the name sounds similar. Well... Perhaps from the mouth of someone that can't speak English. But then again, from a mouth that can't speak English, everything can sound the same. This is a very very weak case that Beats had put forward and I'm sure Rudy will be able to refute it. Nonetheless, I think Microsoft has the moral obligation of sending a couple of their lawyers to help out Rudy as a token of appreciation for everything the guy had done for their OS.

This guy is just too good is the problem! Keep it up Rudy you guys Rock!

What a load of bunk. I hope he fights this.

Microsoft ought to pay his legal expenses, they ought to make him head of mobile software development...

Wait, I'm confused. Rudy makes headphones too? ;-)

Wpcentral you are getting slow at news, why?

Bulls**t

I'm not seeing Rudy here on wpcentral comments section from sometime.. Rudy, where are you?

I think they will sue Microsoft Studios and every co with studio. Lol

"Beats"... "6"... Yeah, I can't tell the difference between the two. :/

They actually only have a problem with the Studio part of the name believe it or not.

If you were a low double digit IQ individual (like the people Beats are marketed towards) you might be confused. The rest of us actually try products first and use the performance vs. Social implication decision maker and buy Bose. This is a joke, I say Rudy should fight it, win it, and get some due compensation to further app development

Isn't "double digit" giving them too much credit?

Yes

Here's what I could find out about Beats Electronics' trademarks. http://tmsearch.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=toc&state=4807%3Aq6wpz6.11.1&p_search=searchss&p_L=50&BackReference=&p_plural=yes&p_s_PARA1=&p_tagrepl%7E%3A=PARA1%24LD&expr=PARA1+AND+PARA2&p_s_PARA2=beats+electronics&p_tagrepl%7E%3A=PARA2%24OW&p_op_ALL=ADJ&a_default=search&a_search=Submit+Query&a_search=Submit+Query Where the hell is the infringement?!!!

That's just for the USA of course, but ...

Here you can search for international brands: http://www.wipo.int/branddb/en/index.jsp

This appears to be a trademark opposition filed in France. I would focus on their French registrations/uses in France.

Yeah, I know, but my French isn't that good ... Anyways, thanks for your attention!

I'd be more worried Six from Blossom would have more of a case then beats.

I downloaded all these 6 studio apps thinking they were made by Dr Dre. My whole life has been a lie.

MSFT should sue beats studio since they own the trademark for visual studio and clearly, visual and beat are more similar than six and beat.

I'd use it

Rudy is a hottie tbh

Everyone go rate the beats app a 1 star.

Chronic92Studio. The last time Dre made a memorable album.

F***Ing stupid!!! If it's over the word "studio" Beats could be setting themselves up for the same treatment. Same goes for the word "audio" in their product. I think Microsoft should back one of their top developers by filing papers of their own. I might confuse Beats with Visual...if I was a f***ing retard!!!

Only similar if you're a moron. I guess that's what they are at that company.

That's what they think of their customers.

LOL!

What do they expect to gain from bullying Rudy. Outrageous, Beats should have bullying charges brought afainst them.

Beats headphone owners might confuse the two seeing as to how stupid they are for buying crappy headphones at an extremely inflated price.

Clearly some law firm is trying to rack up billable hours.

Beat Studios -- you just lost a loyal customer due to your frivolous and, frankly, stupid, pursuit of a genius like Rudy Huyn -- who has done more to help you than hurt you. He has done more to further the evolution of Windows Phone than almost anyone else. Rudy gets you customers! Get off his back! And any other company or entity considering doing similar idiocy....consider this... Boycott of all Beats Studios/Audio products begins now....this customer is GONE.....

I'm uninstalling and canceling my subscription also.

6Studio.... Beats Studio. What bull. Go Rudy.

Trademark trolls. Cousins of Patent trolls.

Agree. Time for Beats to take a beating

YES! Someone who knows there is a difference!

They're just mad because Rudy is earning more than them (we're talking about both money AND ratings here)

Beats audio see people as being so dumb that they can't tell a 6 from a b. That's how they see everyone who has a Windows Phone. This logic doesn't extend to Android as Rudy doesn't publish for Android.

Rudy, please start a kickstarter campaign to cover your legal fees etc. I'm sure many of us would love to contribute to help small developers such as yourself against ridiculous claims from large companies that sell overpriced plastic.

Someone tell Beats that they're nothing that legendary to file such a pity complain against Rudy Huyn, he's doing times more innovative things than Beats, all they are doing is increasing brand value nothing else, white Rudy is an artist, not a business man

Idiots.

What a bs filing. Get real Beats. 6Studio and Beats Audio too similar? Who comes up with this crap. Is this just a way to get Beats back in the news?

Seriously!!!! Takem Down Rudy!

Time for all WP users who use and support Rudy and 6studios apps to un-install beats music and cancel their subscription.

A lowercase "b" could pass off as a "6". That's the only reason I can think of. Now I will go enjoy some real beets.

Lame!

Lol..."To close" the Beats Audio....no one uses that crap anyway. Get lost HTC

HTC sold its stake in beats

Rudy es the WP Dev God

Beats....6.....mmm, beats...6....mmm, once again...beats....6....... Ooh !! I can see where the confusion is, it's cause it rhymes doesn't it...NO !! It doesn't, ooh, yeh, course it doesn't.... Beats Audio....twats.... Now that rhymes........

We stand by Rudy.

Similar my ass... Beats Audio can suck it! The foundation of that company is based on someone else's tech their wormy suits got away with.

Idiotic

Beats Audio has been on my sh!t list for many reasons, not the least of which was their acquisition of MOG, which IMO they subsequently destroyed.  I hope Rudy prevails.

This is a joke right!?

Sh!T, just rename to XapStudio

Mess like this ..it is a 6 and a b... One is a number and the other a letter... The 6 has more curves, but that is neither hear or there... They have different markets and Rudy is more limited as currently he is WP only... I understand the legal right to protect ones brand
... But there has to be limits on ownership when the is not creative or is from the natural or general world... Apple, letter, number... Hearts ans clouds are symbolic, and do not look like artistic icons, but they too are general...

6studio is too similar to their own beats studio... Seriously? Studio is a common name used by millions of artists. So all the possible similarities are lying on on the 6 and the beats part. Draw your conclusions.

Install beats app. #bstudio 1 star review, uninstall beats app. Share.

I personally will Boycott Beats and their products. Because Rudy is the man who made us not feel left out buying a Windows Phone, and for a developer like him to be attacked by a major company is just pathetic and disgusting.

Wow, what a load of bull.. F*ck Beats Studio and their crappy, overpriced, overhyped headphones. I stand with Rudy on this one. Glad I never subscribed to their crappy app either.

Lool..hilarious... 6Studio ... Beats Studio... How is that similar?? Just stupid

Sounds like some lawyers needed to do something to justify their retainer.

Now days everybody wanna talk like they got something to say but nothing comes out when they move there lips just a bunch of gibberish the mutha fuckas act like they forgot about.....Rudy.

Haha! Classic Eminem!

Exactly ;)

This is insane. I don't understand how 6studio & beats studio is similar???

Wooooow... this makes even less sense than the Sky vs SkyDrive bull. I'm sure millions of customers are confused about whether to buy Beats by Dre or an instagram app by 6Studios.

One more reason I'll never buy/use a beats product.

What about (search them in Google) Bits Studios or Yeats Studio or Pics Studio or Beans Studio or Clicks Studio or Pixar Studios or Three Kisses Studio ... ? A complete nonsense.

I think its not actually the word studio, I think its the logo which are a bit similar - beats= b, 6studio=6 maybe a coincidence that they both use the same font style. But still beats is a stupid moron.

Booooo Beats you suck

What about the name of: BPM Studio software from Alcatech?? Did they have a agreement or is that not confusing enough? ;-)

Hah, that is a good enough reason.. 6 studio = b eats... Wow If we need to follow that logic, then  Adobe = Apple.. Microsoft = Micron so if he uses 8Studio it won't work either, because 8 = B eats... Yeah right :|

Screw Beats. Get some Sony studio headphones and save a couple hundred bucks on top of getting better all around sound. Their stuff never impressed me. GO RUDY!

Ah. ain't karma a bitch.

Warning ⚠ don't buy 6eats

We should start a petition are something against them. Pieces of (ya'll know what goes here).

Beats headphones are just overpriced piece of junk, the only people I see using them are rich kids who think having a big giant headband cum headphones is the coolest thing to have...lol Beats Audio...you are going down...so lame!! You cannot trademark the word studio...stupid!!!

In response, Rudy should make an app called Beets. Zing!

This is to familiar to Microsoft and that sky issue. These ppl are retarded. No one I going to confuse the two names just because it has studio in it. Ugh

Damnitalltohell - I just downloaded 6snap and thought I was getting a Beats music app that would match the tune if I snapped out the melody. Someone should sure sue 6studio for being soooo similar to Beats Studio. Since 6 & Beats aren't really that similar, maybe they think that they own the rights to "studio". Apartment owners beware. The problem is that Rudy is just a dude and these bullies will get away with thus because they can afford the dumb court battle. I think Rudy should say "screw them" and then rename his company "6 Shop".

Obviously a trademark abusive tactic by BeatsAudio...only someone stone could confuse the 2 names...

Why are they going after Rudy?  Beats the shit outta me!

Are you serious -.- ???

I got an idea, he can change the name to "6thSense" or "6Cents".  Or even better, "Beats Studying".  

This is just stupid. There are so many app developers that use Studio.  There is even a B+ Studio who create windows phone apps.  Are they going to go after Microsoft Studios as well?  Just dumb beats studio.

Well...The "Apple" doesn't fall far from its (rumored) acquisitions. (Yes, tongue in cheek....)
http://www.engadget.com/2014/05/08/apple-rumored-to-be-acquiring-beats/

I saw that and wondered if Apple is back channel distracting the best Windows Phone developer.

Does his have anything to do with Apple's interest in acquiring beats studios for $3.2 Billion? I find the timing suspect.

Nm. Someone beat me to it...

Damn, Rudy made it to the big leagues. Nice. Beats audio is way over priced. Screw Beats. I vote for Rudy. Rudy for president!

Seems like because Apple is buying Beats?

Cheap publicity?