He has done a very admirable job lately. Googleemerged with its surprising and pleasing developments in both artificial intelligence and playgrounds. Unfortunately also this time patent controversy with a punishment he got for his cause.

The name on the right is the one we know with its sound systems. Sonos. The two previously faced each other in court over a patent dispute in 2020, and Google infringed Sonos’ 2 patents as a result of this court. 50 million dollars had been convicted. The current fine is too high.

There are two issues in the case, one of which reaches a fine.

One is to connect the speakers together and give the sound at the same time. from Google Chromecast audio And Google home services infringes this patent. On this first charge, the jury upheld Sonos.

The other patent relates to the ability to control the speakers via a phone or tablet. But Sonos’ indictment for this patent infringement was decided by the jury. not accepted. Resulting in Google $32.5 million was punished.

Sonos said Google has infringed more than 200 patents to date punishment is not enough also mentioned. He said the company had to pay extra royalties because of other inventions he incorporated.