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Google LLC v. Sonos, Inc.

  1. May 08, 2023

    Judge OKs Google CEO Testimony In $90M Sonos IP Trial

    U.S. District Judge William Alsup in San Francisco allowed Sonos on Monday to call Google CEO Sundar Pichai to the stand — even though he's not a designated witness — shortly after openings in a high-stakes jury trial over Sonos' claims Google owes $90 million for allegedly ripping off the speaker maker's patents for years.

  2. April 14, 2023

    Ahead of Google Trial, Alsup Narrows Sonos Patent Case

    A federal judge in San Francisco has decided that a remote "party mode" program that YouTube unveiled over a decade ago covered some of the language for which Sonos landed a patent years later, trimming part of the speaker company's suit against Google over wireless technology weeks before the case is set to go to a jury.

  3. April 12, 2023

    Alsup Says Google Row Highlights 'Worst' Of Patent Litigation

    U.S. District Judge William Alsup tore through thousands of pages of litigating in the ongoing patent war between Google and the makers of the Sonos line of speakers, declaring on Wednesday, for the second time so far, that the case remains "emblematic of the worst of patent litigation."

  4. October 18, 2022

    Alsup Says No 'Second Bite' For Google In Sonos IP Row

    A Sonos wireless audio system patent that Google has been found to be infringing with its wireless speaker products is not invalid, a California federal judge ruled on Tuesday, rejecting Google's attempt to get a "second bite at the apple" with new invalidity arguments.

  5. August 03, 2022

    Alsup Grants Google Partial Win In Sonos Audio Patent Row

    A Texas federal judge has cleared Google of infringing one claim in a Sonos wireless audio system patent while also declaring the patent invalid, handing the tech giant a win in the latest installment of the companies' sprawling legal fight.

  6. July 22, 2022

    Alsup Says Google Products Infringe Sonos Audio Patent

    U.S. District Judge William Alsup on Thursday granted Sonos a partial win on a single claim in its wireless audio system patent fight against Google, rejecting Google's argument that the patent claim is invalid under the U.S. Supreme Court's two-step Alice test and lacks written description.

  7. March 17, 2022

    IP Forecast: Google To Fight Sonos' Last-Minute Changes

    Google is scheduled next week to tell U.S. District Judge William Alsup that Sonos' "11th hour" bid to make changes to its case in its wireless audio patent war with the tech giant "threatens to derail this court's patent showdown procedure."

  8. August 02, 2021

    Albright Nixes Google Bid To Send Sonos Patent Suit To Calif.

    Western District of Texas Judge Alan Albright on Monday denied Google's motion to transfer a patent suit by speaker manufacturer Sonos Inc. to California, rejecting the Silicon Valley firm's contention that contracts between the companies require any disputes to be heard in the Golden State.

  9. November 20, 2020

    Alsup Roasts Google's 'Ramshackle' Suit In Sonos Case

    U.S. District Judge William Alsup assailed Google on Friday for filing what he described as a "ramshackle complaint" aimed at keeping a speaker patent dispute with Sonos out of a Texas court, and said the war between the companies is "emblematic of the worst aspects of patent litigation."

  10. November 19, 2020

    Sonos, Google Trade Forum Shopper Barbs In Speaker IP War

    Sonos and Google exchanged allegations of forum-shopping before a California federal judge Thursday, with Sonos arguing that Google's "bare bones" patent suit over speaker technology belonged alongside Sonos' own complaint in Texas, while Google accused Sonos' lawyers of "talking out of both sides of their mouth."

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