Google to pay Sonos $32.5 million. Patent infringement detected.

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Google to pay Sonos $32.5 million

Patent infringement detected

Google has been ordered to pay Sonos $32.5 million for infringing on the company's smart speaker patent. A jury in San Francisco found that Google's smart speakers and media players violated one of two Sonos patents that were at issue in the trial.

The dispute began in 2020 when Sonos accused Google of copying its patented technology for multi-room audio after the companies collaborated in 2013. Sonos won that case at the US International Trade Commission, resulting in a limited import ban on some of Google's devices. Google has also been forced to remove some features from its line of smart speakers and smart displays.

Google later sued Sonos last year, claiming that the audio company had infringed on patents for features from Google's smart speakers and voice recognition technology. In the latest trial, which began earlier this month, Google lost. However, Sonos did not win entirely, as the jury decided that Google's Home app did not violate a separate patent that Sonos had applied for.

theverge.com

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Google, Sonos, patent infringement, smart speakers, media players

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