socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Santa Barbara-based smart speaker manufacturer Sonos is continuing to battle Google over patents, asking the U.S. International Trade Commission this week to reject a judge's blessing of a software design change to avoid infringing on Sonos patents. Sonos called the Google changes "half-baked" and "trivial".

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socalTECH

JUNE 12, 2020

Google has counter-sued Santa Barbara-based 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. , READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 7, 2020

Santa Barbara-based whole home, smart speaker manufacturer Sonos , one of Southern California's highest profile consumer electronics companies, has sued Google for patent infringement--claiming that Google has infringed on five of its patents, and seeking both a ban on the sale of Google's speakers, smartphones, and laptops, as well as financial damages. (..)

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socalTECH

APRIL 8, 2009

Santa Barbara-based InTouch Technologies , which develops robotic telepresence sysetms for the health care industry, revealed this morning that it has settled a legal dispute with HeadThere Inc. over the firm's patents. patents, for products to be sold outside the United States.

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socalTECH

JUNE 15, 2011

We've been innovating over the last fifteen months, and have to patents pending on the technology right now. You've been in more traditional entertainment firms--as an executive in a big studio--why jump to a startup? Eric Frankel: It was "be careful what you wish for".

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JANUARY 20, 2012

In college at the California Institute of Technology, he patented a new loudspeaker design and formed GNP Loudspeakers, Inc. Prior to Idealab, Alex led sales and marketing efforts for venture-backed startups focused on enterprise software and services. A lifelong entrepreneur, Bill started several companies prior to Idealab.

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