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> The lawsuit cites numerous news reports that point out similarities between Google’s new product features and systems that Sonos had already pioneered, includ
by Fej 7y ago
> The lawsuit cites numerous news reports that point out similarities between Google’s new product features and systems that Sonos had already pioneered, including synchronizing audio across groups of speakers, adjusting the group volume, and setting up devices on a local wireless network.
This makes Sonos sound like a common patent troll. Sounds like sour grapes to me.
I remember iTunes doing synchronized audio well years ago and Sonos didn't make a peep.
- peapicker 7y agoApple released the airport express with an audio out and did synchronization with audio playing from the computer audio outs a full year(2004) before Sonos's first product hit the market (2005).
- fgonzag 7y agoBesides that, wouldn't they have to have patented a specific implementation? I can think of thousands of ways two implementations can differ for those features.