Google LLC v. Sonos, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 GOOGLE LLC, Case No. 20-cv-03845-EMC

Plaintiff,

CLAIM CONSTRUCTION ORDER

v. Docket No. 66 SONOS, INC., Defendant.

12 13 I. INTRODUCTION This case involves three patents that Plaintiff Google accuses Defendant Sonos of infringing. On May 11, 2021, the parties appeared before the Court for a claim construction hearing. Pursuant to Patent Local Rule 4-3, the parties asked the Court to construe nine (9) terms that appear in various claims of the patents-in-suit. See Joint Claim Construction Brief, Appendix A (Docket No. 66). The parties stipulated to a dismissal of the one of the patents-in-suit (the ’206 patent), and eight (8) terms remain for the Court’s construction. Docket No. 107. The Court adopts the following constructions. II. BACKGROUND A. Patents-in-Suit The following three patents contain the claim terms which the parties dispute for this claim construction…