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"Sonos says Google subsidized its own products to sell them at a cheaper price while using them to extract more data from buyers", yeah, that sounds exactly like what a monopolist like Google would do. https://t.co/unYHVNOVZi
— DHH (@dhh) January 7, 2020
Holy shit - especially Sonos saying Amazon is doing this too but it can’t risk suing both companies as once. https://t.co/0yHhVLSbdZ
— nilay patel (@reckless) January 7, 2020
Breaking: Sonos sues Google for allegedly stealing smart speaker tech https://t.co/PoyduzuwKk pic.twitter.com/MNHciT6oUj
— The Verge (@verge) January 7, 2020
This explains why Sonos has been so slow to implement Google Assistant (let alone make it usable) https://t.co/QSdnIWVnb2
— Owen Williams ⚡ (@ow) January 7, 2020
Sonos is suing Google. It claims Google stole its multiroom speaker technology after getting access to it in a 2013 partnership https://t.co/m9ckC5jj9k pic.twitter.com/PjB40nSxd4
— Tom Warren (@tomwarren) January 7, 2020
NEW: Sonos is suing Google.
— Jack Nicas (@jacknicas) January 7, 2020
The home-speaker maker says Google and Amazon stole its technology and abused their power to squeeze its business. It decided to only sue Google because it couldn't risk taking on both giants at once.
We have the full story: https://t.co/3Z8EQYUNI2
Sonos is suing Google for patent infringement, specifically syncing audio across multiple rooms. Sonos had patents on this over a decade before Google and Amazon entered the market. This is going to be a big deal. https://t.co/V5g2LowjAe
— Kevin Fox ? (@kfury) January 7, 2020
Good for you Sonos.
— John MacFarlane (@JohnLMacFarlane) January 7, 2020
Google stole the tech and has benefited from it for years, with lots of time to come clean.https://t.co/rDgLtHqdxA
This is how Big Tech stifles innovation. https://t.co/nVABwktbPF
— Joe Nocera (@opinion_joe) January 7, 2020
Sonos popularized wireless speakers. Now it says google and amazon are copying its technology and squeezing its business https://t.co/TBHvbYK6yo
— Daisuke Wakabayashi (@daiwaka) January 7, 2020
Notice they didn’t sue Amazon bc their patent portfolio is so much stronger than either of the two. https://t.co/Vy7VxBWJuu
— Rev. Sam Harrelson (@samharrelson) January 7, 2020
This is a really really big deal. Google looks like a huge, huge, huge bully here https://t.co/AEyhnOT83P
— Dieter Bohn (@backlon) January 7, 2020
Turns out if you have patented technology you can sue companies for stealing your IP (instead of trying to shoehorn it into an antitrust case)https://t.co/XSHMxL9OdA
— Alec Stapp (@AlecStapp) January 7, 2020
“Google has been blatantly and knowingly copying our patented technology ... Google has not shown any willingness to work with us on a mutually beneficial solution. We’re left with no choice but to litigate.” https://t.co/qIilS5HnJe
— Rob Price (@robaeprice) January 7, 2020
Sonos was the pioneer in wireless mesh networked multi-room speakers. Seems logical that its patents are foundational. I was sorry to see them add Alexa and Google Assistant. https://t.co/NNkAvHf6S8
— Walt Mossberg (@waltmossberg) January 7, 2020
Power move from Sonos to accuse Amazon and Google of stealing its smart speaker tech in the middle of the two tech giants' big pubic competition at CES https://t.co/1VUvxc5shr
— Nick Statt (@nickstatt) January 7, 2020
Ok Google, stop being an asshole to small companies. pic.twitter.com/QQImVezSY3
— Dieter Bohn (@backlon) January 7, 2020
wow, talk about taking the wind out of CES https://t.co/H25v4i4jE2
— dan seifert (@dcseifert) January 7, 2020
reminds me of when Amazon invested in a hardware startup and then seemingly ripped off its idea for an Echo https://t.co/Z9ihtvFdjI https://t.co/u3HZ0Og9bp
— Mike Murphy (@mcwm) January 7, 2020
IIRC, MSFT (CHBU, WebTV, Mira, MediaCenter, ...) filed equivalent patents on all this stuff back in 1997-2000. I predict these will all get invalidated as prior art once Google reviews MS's patent portfolio (IIRC, Google/MS have a pretty robust cross-licensing agreement). https://t.co/AndXNGtNgW
— charlie kindel ⭐⭐ (@ckindel) January 7, 2020
Sonos sues Google for infringing patents https://t.co/oZsqyUxY3i
— Financial Times (@FT) January 7, 2020
Potentially a HUGE deal https://t.co/rt34zd47U0
— Joshua Topolsky (@joshuatopolsky) January 7, 2020
Sonos sues Google over speaker tech https://t.co/N0eJD80EXH
— Ina Fried (@inafried) January 7, 2020
Not surprised
— Sura Mbaya (@surambaya) January 8, 2020
Infringing devices include: Chromecast Audio, Google Home lineup, Chromecast and Chromecast Ultra; the Nest Mini, Nest Hub, Nest Hub Max, and Nest Wifi Point; Pixel phones, Pixel Slate tablet, & Pixelbook laptop.
IP theft is rampant...https://t.co/HBu5WutqZj
"They are concerned that Google and Amazon are flooding the market with cheap speakers that they subsidize because they are not merely conduits for music, like Sonos’s devices, but rather another way to sell goods, show ads and collect data."
— Jordi Mas (@jordimash) January 8, 2020
https://t.co/8EiLDpGc5D
Sonos sues Google for allegedly stealing smart speaker tech https://t.co/GxJLMtp7R8 pic.twitter.com/G8RbUBV9YG
— The Verge (@verge) January 8, 2020
"Sonos executives said Google and Amazon had ultimately forced them to make users select one assistant when setting up their speaker" [Instead of letting customers use both simultaneously] https://t.co/p2Rc1ukVMq
— Vincent Toubiana (@vtoubiana) January 7, 2020
Another victim of the practice of "efficient infringement" - #piracy - sues large company that stole its patented #innovation. This story occurs again & again due to weakening of #patent rights over past decade. #fix101 #fixPTAB #injunctions #PatentsMatter https://t.co/XhtQ3pY7F3
— Adam Mossoff (@AdamMossoff) January 7, 2020
Theft, patent ingringement, lies, blackmail, abuse of dominant position: just another day at Googlehttps://t.co/u2Fp70FGQj
— Thomasbcn (@Thomasbcn) January 8, 2020
#google sued by @Sonos, claims theft from @Google #software #development #company to build its #smarthome #tech https://t.co/knOuql87At
— Ayoka Systems (@ayokasystems) January 7, 2020
Sonos has sued Google for patent infringement and asked a trade court to bar importation of some Google products that are manufactured overseas.https://t.co/LB0e0GUNln
— Axios (@axios) January 7, 2020
Apple selling Sonos without Alexa or Assistant as speaker company says Google and Amazon stole patents https://t.co/Q3kv8QluQ1 pic.twitter.com/sH4qCxVbt4
— Rich Tehrani (@rtehrani) January 8, 2020
애플, 소노스가 아마존과 구글이 자사 특허 침해했다고 주장해 소노스 스피커에 알렉사와 어시스턴트 빼고 판매하고 있어.
— Wan Ki Choi (@wkchoi) January 7, 2020
- 소노스, 두 회사가 자사 무선 스피커의 초기 도면에 액세스했다고 주장했지만 오직 구글만 제소
- 애플뮤직, AirPlay 2 이미 소노스 스피커에 작동 https://t.co/HqK1Ir2lD0
Sonos Suing Google for Stealing Wireless Speaker Tech - by @mehedih_ - https://t.co/owGFHb4wTg pic.twitter.com/B7si2R4ZBF
— Paul Thurrott (@thurrott) January 7, 2020