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Google Infringed on Speaker Technology Owned by Sonos, Trade Court Rules

by suddenexample on 1/6/22, 11:26 PM with 4 comments

• by yccs27 on 1/7/22, 12:06 AM

  Sonos seems to patented the concept of "paired" speakers itself, and the protocol used to synchronize speaker's clocks for synchronous playback.

  I wonder how Bose manages to produce their own multiroom system. Do they license the patents or do they somehow work around them?

• by yccs27 on 1/6/22, 11:49 PM

  The official document is at https://www.usitc.gov/system/files/secretary/fed_reg_notices...

• by suddenexample on 1/6/22, 11:27 PM

  Additional coverage: https://news.bloomberglaw.com/ip-law/google-must-halt-some-d...

• by metadat on 1/7/22, 12:25 AM

  Dupe, main discussion is here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29831929#29832293