Breaking: Google copied Sonos’ speaker technology, US import regulator rules
Initially, Sonos had asked the ITC to take action on all sorts of Google devices, including not just the company’s Google Home smart speakers, but also Pixel phones, according to theWe’ve asked both Google and Sonos if any particular devices might actually be blocked from import because of the ruling, and we’ll let you know what we hear.
Either way, it’s a major public blow to Google’s hardware business, which has been growing bigger and bigger in the smart home space, including smart speakers, cameras, and prominently in Wi-Fi routers, where the company claimed its Google WiFi / Nest WiFi was the best selling router in the entire market in 2019.Here’s the full statement from Sonos Chief Legal Officer Eddie Lazarus:
We appreciate that the ITC has definitively validated the five Sonos patents at issue in this case and ruled unequivocally that Google infringes all five. That is an across the board win that is surpassingly rare in patent cases and underscores the strength of Sonos’s extensive patent portfolio and the hollowness of Google’s denials of copying.
It is a possibility that Google will be able to degrade or eliminate product features in a way that circumvents the importation ban that the ITC has imposed. But while Google may sacrifice consumer experience in an attempt to circumvent this importation ban, its products will still infringe many dozens of Sonos patents, its wrongdoing will persist, and the damages owed Sonos will continue to accrue.
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