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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Truth Hurts" data-source="post: 28893622" data-attributes="member: 477372"><h2>The two companies have been battling in court over smart speaker technology for years.</h2><img src="https://s.yimg.com/uu/api/res/1.2/F0J2bTNs7VW5fy4El_ey4g--~B/Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTU4Mzt3PTg3NTthcHBpZD15dGFjaHlvbg--/https://media-mbst-pub-ue1.s3.amazonaws.com/creatr-uploaded-images/2023-03/8577d281-bc63-11ed-8cb6-7026ced8288c.cf.webp" alt="The new Sonos Era 100 speaker." class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Nathan Ingraham / EngadgetGoogle has just been hit with a $32.5 million penalty for infringing on a patent held by Sonos. <a href="https://www.law360.com/technology/articles/1682102" target="_blank">According to Law360</a>, a California federal jury ordered the fine after determining that Google infringed on a patent Sonos holds relating to grouping speakers so they can play audio at the same time, something the company has been doing for years. US District Judge William Alsup had already determined that early version of products like the Chromecast Audio and Google Home infringed on Sonos' patent; the question was whether more recent, revamped products were also infringing on the patent. The jury found in favor of Sonos, but decided a second patent — one that relates to controlling devices via a smartphone or other device — wasn't violated. They said that Sonos hadn't convincingly shown that the Google Home app infringed on that particular patent. This follows the dismissal of four other patent violations that Sonos originally sued over.<a href="https://www.engadget.com/google-fined-325-million-for-infringing-on-sonos-patent-210411398.html" target="_blank">https://www.engadget.com/google-fined-325-million-for-infringing-on-sonos-patent-210411398.html</a></blockquote>

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