Google has been ordered to pay Sonos $32.5 million for infringing on the corporate’s sensible speaker patent. A jury verdict issued in a San Francisco courtroom on Friday discovered that Google’s sensible audio system and media gamers infringed on one in all two Sonos patents at challenge.

The authorized battle began in 2020 when Sonos accused Google of copying its patented multiroom audio know-how after the businesses partnered in 2013. Sonos went on to win its case on the US Worldwide Commerce Fee, leading to a restricted import ban on a number of the Google units in query. Google has additionally needed to pull some options from its lineup of sensible audio system and sensible shows.

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