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No. Sonos was able to prove google stole some of its patented ideas. As a result google has removed a lot of features related to that string of lawsuits. It wasn't just one. It's been an ongoing thing.
"Sonos first sued Google in 2020, accusing the tech giant of copying its technology in wireless audio devices including Google Home and Chromecast Audio. Sonos won $32.5 million in damages from Google in San Francisco in May after a federal jury found that Google's devices infringed one of the company's patents."
https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/26/23739273/google-sonos-smart-speaker-patent-lawsuit-ruling
Google did eventually win a case and have some of the stuff walked back. https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/google-wins-reprieve-325-mln-verdict-sonos-patent-fight-2023-10-09 CV
I mean the first line in the Reuters article is:
"Oct 9 (Reuters) - A California federal judge has thrown out a $32.5 million verdict for wireless-audio company Sonos (SONO.O) against rival Google (GOOGL.O) after finding that the Sonos patents at the heart of the case were unenforceable."
That sounds like the case was thrown out.
I put the Reuters article in to show that yes a court case was thrown out. But that's only one case. There have been several in different jurisdictions.
"This marked the “fifth jurisdiction (including Canada, the Netherlands, Germany, and France) in which Google has sued Sonos and lost,” Sonos’ Chief Financial Officer and General Counsel, Eddie Lazarus, was quoted by Reuters as saying."
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/sonos-secures-legal-victory-against-google-this-time-at-us-trade-tribunal/