The American multinational technology company, Google, has quite
recently escalated a dispute with Sonos Inc., (an American audio company based
in California) over the wireless home speaker market by filing a Patent
Infringement lawsuit. The battle between the two companies,
which had been working together to incorporate some specific Google features in
Sonos’ speakers, erupted this year in January when Sonos sued the tech giant
alleging patent infringement.
Sonos is facing a rising level of competition from the tech giants
such as Amazon and Google, both of which are expanding into selling the
internet-connected home gadgets by including the less expensive wireless
speakers.
The parent company of Google, Alphabet Inc., has filed a complaint
against Sonos in San Francisco federal court, by stating that Sonos has made
false claims about Google’s shared works and technologies in its patent
infringement lawsuits filed. It further mentioned that Google rarely sues other
companies out there for patent infringement and asserts its Intellectual
Property Rights (IPRs) only in serious
matters.
As per Google’s patent infringement lawsuit filed, Sonos, the
pioneer of wireless speakers, is making the most out of Google’s patented
technology for software, search, audio processing, networking, streaming, and
digital media management, that too, without having a license in place for the
same.
Patrick Spence, the Chief Executive Officer at Sonos, has recently
stated that the company is looking forward to winning not only its original
lawsuit but also Google’s newly filed case. He also mentioned that instead of
addressing the merits of Sonos’ lawsuit, Google has chosen to use its power to
try and find areas in which it can retaliate. As per the recent statement
delivered by Spence, Sonos is indeed sad to see that an innovative company like
Google with an objective of “Do No Evil” is ignoring the fact that it has
infringed upon Sonos’ patented inventions.
Sonos filed the patent infringement lawsuits against Google this
year in January before the US International Trade Commission (USITC) and in
federal court in Los Angeles by claiming that the tech giant infringed upon its
patented inventions for multiroom-audio technology. Sonos alleged that Google
gained undue knowledge of its technology via a partnership revolving around the
integration of Google Play Music into the Sonos platform; however, pretty soon
after the same, Google decided to cut its partner out and sell its all
exclusive product line. On the other hand, Google has denied all the claims of
patent infringement by Sonos and claimed that they all are invalid. The tech
giant has also stated that it has helped Sonos significantly by providing
technical assistance in developing its product.
Sonos is also seeking to block the imports of a plethora of Google
products made in China, which includes the Home Max, Nest Hub, Chromecast, and
Pixel 3 XL phone. For view source: https://www.kashishipr.com/blog/google-countersues-sonos-as-the-patent-dispute-over-wireless-speakers-heats-up/
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