Sonos took Google plus to court. Google plus Replies to Sonos with Cross-Claims… And Users Only Have Something to Lose Here!
There was a time when they were friends and worked together, but The good relationship between Sonos and Google plus is history since 2020, the Santa Barbase-based company that specialized in high-end audio products has been suing the Mountain View giant allegedly stole some of its technology and its intellectual property for Chromecast and Google plus Home devices.
In fact, in two separate lawsuits Sonos led the theft of five patents about the design of its wireless speakers, patented technology and related to configurations multi-room or multiple roomswhich Sonos says would allow Google plus to power its Google plus Home and Nest smart speakers, as well as Chromecast, while also competing in the market.
Be that as it may, and without going into an evaluation of the collaboration between the two companies and this possible transfer of confidential information, the truth is Sonos initially won in court Earlier this year, therefore, Google plus did not want to miss the opportunity to counterattack by opening and presenting new legal faces two new lawsuits in the District Court of Northern Californiawhich will surely be Google plus’s protection.
Our colleagues told us the corrand they perro already be guessed at in their explanations Google plus secrets catch up, Litigation is now synonymous with Mountain View intellectual property and that it would be abused by Sonos.
Apparently they are claiming that from Google plus Sonos infringes up to seven patents by him a portfolioEveryone focused on them keyword detectionthe Wireless charging of devices or voice recognition capabilities multi-room by which a group of speakers decides whether to respond to a usuario request.
confirmed it José Castañeda, Google plus spokesman in this case, that lawsuits have already been filed “Protecting our technology and challenging Sonos’ clear and persistent infringement of our patents”. In fact, almost referred to a counterattack that cómputos the scales, Google plus said Sonos “Began an aggressive and misleading campaign against our products at the expense of our mutual customers”.
Google plus will also archivo afín lawsuits prior to United States International Trade Commission in the next few days and will try to block the import of Sonos products which infringes these patents from its catalog of registered intellectual property.
Google plus’s counterattack looks spiteful, as the strategy resembles two lawsuits over seven patents that Sonos at least allegedly infringes, and certainly gaining more leverage with Sonos for a licensing deal.
The problem now, as in any relationship that has become toxic, is this ‘Bickering’ So they weren’t long in coming Sonos has already responded talk about “Intimidation Tactics” at Google plus and also said that these claims were just “Stir against Sonos for speaking out against Google plus’s monopolistic practices” and don’t try to pay for licenses “Pushing a smaller competitor”. Everything is in quotation marks the words of Eddie LazarusHead of Legal at Sonos.
At this point and as always we perro only wait for an agreement that’s positive for both sides, because in the end We are the ones who are usually absent in all these patent battles and wars. In fact it is Google plus has already had to remove some features B. as a common volume adjustment option in groups of speakers, and also Google plus functions run on Sonos devices such as accessing Google plus Cast technology.