Google LLC v. Sonos, Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
GOOGLE LLC, Plaintiff, No. C 20-06754 WHA
v.
SONOS, INC., ORDER DENYING LEAVE TO FILE
SUPPLEMENTAL CLAIM
Defendant.
CONSTRUCTION BRIEFING
16 17 Google has filed a motion for leave to file supplemental claim construction briefing (Dkt. No. 375). The basis for its motion is its recent discovery of statements made by Sonos’s Australian counsel during the foreign prosecution of an “Australian counterpart” to U.S. Patent No. 10,779,033. Sonos opposes, arguing that the statements it made in the Australian prosecution do not justify revisiting settled claim construction positions (Dkt. No. 389). This motion is suitable for resolution on the papers. Civ. L.R. 7-6. The ’033 patent is directed to transferring playback of a “remote playback queue” from a “computing device” to a “playback device.” In plain English, the patent relates to, for example, transferring audio playback of a music playlist from a smart phone to a…