Google LLC v. Sonos, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

GOOGLE LLC, Plaintiff, No. C 20-06754 WHA

v.

SONOS, INC., ORDER STAYING CASE Defendant.

15 INTRODUCTION In this action for declaratory judgment of patent noninfringement, the patent holder moves to dismiss this case in favor of its own action, filed elsewhere a few hours later. For the following reasons, this case is STAYED. STATEMENT This complaint for declaratory relief opens yet another theater in the ongoing global patent war between accused infringer Google LLC and patent owner Sonos, Inc. The specifics of the disputed technology, however, do not come into play on this order. With our parties already embroiled in the ITC, this district, and in Canada, France, Germany, and the Netherlands, at 12:52 p.m. on September 28, patent owner’s counsel sent Google an email:

Attached please find a courtesy copy of the complaint that we will…