Noise Free Wireless filed suit against Apple and Audience, alleging that Apple’s iPhone and iPad and Audience’s chipsets used in Apple’s devices infringe a patent related to environmental noise reduction and cancellation for a communication device including a wireless and cellular telephone.  This is the first patent infringement suit initiated by Noise Free Wireless.  Alon Konchitsky and William Ribble are the named inventors on the patent-in-suit, which was assigned to Noise Free Wireless in April 2012.  7/3, Northern District of California, assigned to Magistrate Judge Donna M. Ryu, 4:2012cv03483.