Friday, June 12, 2020

Google Sues Sonos Over Patents

Sonos, with a patent infringement lawsuit, saying that Sonos has illegally used a number of Google patents in the development of its wireless audio technology. The lawsuit, Google LLC v. Sonos, Inc., was filed in the US District Court for the Northern District of California on Thursday. Google accused Sonos of violating at least three patents-- 7,899,187 Domain-based digital-rights management system with easy and secure device enrollment; 8,583,489 Generating a media content availability notification; and 7,065,206 Method and apparatus for adaptive echo and noise control. The patent infringement lawsuit is in response to another, patent infringement lawsuit filed by Sonos against Google January, where Sonos sought both financial damages and a ban on the sale of Google's speakers, smartphones, and laptops in the United States.