Google was sentenced in San Francisco on Friday for infringing on one of speaker maker Sonos’ patents relating to wireless audio devices, Reuters writes.

In total, Google is to pay $32.5 million, or around 360 million crowns, in damages to the wireless speaker maker, which is part of an extensive intellectual property dispute between the former partners, who also other lawsuits pending against each other in the United States. , Canada, France, Germany and the Netherlands.

I really wanted 3 billion.

In San Francisco, the court then found that Google had infringed on one of the two Sonos patents discussed in the lawsuit. Sonos Sonos asked the court for $90 million in damages, having reduced the claim by $3 billion after an appointed judge limited the case.

A Google spokesperson said the case involves a “narrow dispute over some very specific features that are not commonly used” and the company will consider what to do next. The spokesperson also added that Google has always developed technology independently and competed based on the value of ideas, writes Reuters.

A Sonos spokesperson said the judgment “confirms that Google repeatedly infringes our patent portfolio.”

Counterclaim

The two tech companies have previously collaborated to integrate Google’s music streaming service into Sonos products. But following the collaboration, Sonos sued Google in 2020 and accused the tech giant of copying its technology during the collaboration, for devices including Google Home and Chromecast Audio.

Sonos won a limited import ban on some of Google’s devices from the Commerce Commission, but Google appealed the decision, writes Reuters.

In response, Google filed its own patent lawsuits, accusing Sonos of including its technology in its smart speakers. Sonos, for its part, calls Google’s lawsuit a “scare tactic” to force a smaller competitor to give in.