Google After the audio brand found itself in hot water last year Sonos It was dragged to court for stealing patented features from Sonos speakers to make Google Home smart speaker. Compared to Google’s trillion-dollar empire, Sonos is a small fry with a valuation of around $5 billion. Despite this, Sonos is making Google sweat US International Trade Commission In favor of Sonos which could lead to a ban on Google’s smart speaker.
so how is it heroine Involved in this Sonos vs. Google battle? Sonos has claimed that Amazon is also using some of the technologies made by Sonos to power its Echo range of smart speakers. While Sonos is currently focusing on Google, there may be a possibility that it will come after Amazon as well.
When it comes to smart speakers, Sonos was among the first to introduce Internet-connected speakers. But to survive in the market, Sonos was forced to add Google Play Music support and other Google services. Google and Sonos both teamed up to create the speaker in 2013. But after Google introduced its Google Home smart speaker in 2016, Sonos claims that Google copied the hardware features from the Sonos speaker, as Google managed to achieve a peak in its innovation while working with it. Was. Company to connect Google services.
The court has now found that Google has in fact infringed on five patents and “apparently and knowingly” copied technology from Sonos into the Power Speaker with Google Assistant. Of course, Google is denying this.
If the court finally rules against Google, the Google Home range of smart speakers could be banned.
As for Amazon, reports claim that Sonos worked with Amazon to integrate Alexa support, and that Amazon may have copied some of the technology from it as well. And after fighting Google, Amazon could be next.
in a statement to techcrunch, Sonos Chief Legal Officer, Eddie LazarusThat said, ALJ has found all five of Sonos’ patents to be valid and that Google infringes on all five of the patents. we are glad ITC has confirmed Google’s apparent infringement of Sonos’ patented inventions. This decision reaffirms the strength and breadth of our portfolio, a promising milestone in our long-term effort to protect our innovation by Big Tech monopolies.
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