Sonos Pulls Alphabet ITC Allegations; Google Probe to ‘Continue’

Sonos wants to terminate the Tariff Act Section 337 investigation against Alphabet on allegations at the International Trade Commission that Google devices infringe five Sonos multiroom patents. Sonos is satisfied from pretrial discovery that Alphabet doesn’t develop, manufacture or import the allegedly infringing devices, so it’s withdrawing the allegations against the Google parent, said its motion (login required) posted Monday in docket 337-TA-1191. Terminating the probe into Alphabet “will simplify the investigation without causing prejudice to Google, and there are no extraordinary circumstances that warrant denying this motion,” said Sonos. The investigation "will continue" into the allegations against Google, it said.