Sonos wins $32.5 million patent infringement victory over Google

A photo of the Sonos Era 300 on a kitchen dining table. Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge

Google has been ordered to pay Sonos $32.5 million for infringing on the company’s smart speaker patent. During a trial in a San Francisco court on Friday, the jury found that Google’s smart speakers and media players infringed on one of two Sonos patents at issue.

The legal battle started in 2020 when Sonos accused Google of copying its patented multiroom audio technology after the companies partnered in 2013. Sonos went on to win its case at the US International Trade Commission, resulting in a limited import ban on some of the Google devices in question. Google has also ...

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