Central District Court of the Netherlands (District Court for Central Netherlands) Has dismissed Google's bid against wireless speaker maker Sopos (Sonos) A request for an injunction.

The case involves technology used in Sonos' smart speaker products. Google will now have to pay Sonos the fees.

Google is the No EP1579621 The owner of the European patent, The patent is in 2014 years 7 Monthly authorization, name "A domain-based digital rights management system with convenient and secure device registration" . The patent relates to a rights sharing method, Parallel claim US 10/306494 Us patent application priority. The first EP1579621 The European patent covers only France, Germany, Finland, Italy and England.

At present, Courts in France and Germany are hearing infringement and invalidation proceedings related to the patent. however, Because Sonos is based near Amsterdam, The Dutch courts have the right to hear the case. Not to ban Sanos at first, Google sought temporary relief and an injunction against Sonos, To prevent regulation EP1579621 The patent is in the United Kingdom, Italy or Finland are infringed. Google also ordered Sonos to contact all of its customers through a subpoena stating the alleged infringement.

Sonos said it did not infringe the patents of any of the products mentioned in the subpoena, And called Google's No EP1579621 Patent No. 1 is invalid. The court rejected Google's request for an injunction, The reason is that Google did not specify its claims in the subpoena. The court ordered Google to pay Sonos 20 Ten thousand euros in legal costs. The court also held that, Sonos does not infringe Google's patents. The case was heard by the Central District Court of the Netherlands rather than the Hague District Court.

Because the European patents in question covered 3 country, There is no Dutch patent involved, The Central District Court of the Netherlands therefore refused to hear the claim of validity. According to "Brussels regulation I (reprint) " (Recast Brussels I Regulation) Stipulation of, Only the UK, The Finnish and Italian courts have jurisdiction over the case. but, In this case, The Dutch court can make a provisional ruling on validity.

Although the Dutch Central District Court heard the case, However, due to the object of the patent, the judge of the Hague District Court is responsible for presiding over the case. Google will appeal, Arnhem－The Lovaden Court of Appeal will hear the appeal. The United States is in a separate lawsuit with Germany, United States International Trade Commission (ITC) Maintained Google's infringement of Sonos 5 A patent award.

Therefore, Sonos is asking Google to license it. If Google refuses, It will no longer be able to import its speakers into the United States. In parallel proceedings in Germany, Sonos' litigation strategy is different. Sonos withdrew its complaint against Google in the Hamburg patent Court 2 A petition for a preliminary injunction. It also withdrew its appeal against an adverse ruling by the Hamburg District Court.

The Hamburg district Court did not grant Sonos' request for a preliminary injunction against Google in Germany. however, In control 2 In this case, The Hamburg District Court granted Sonos' request for a preliminary injunction against Google in Europe. Google filed an appeal, Request to suspend execution. But in 2021 years 6 month, The Hamburg High District Court rejected Google's application.

Google later came up with No 2 Item application. At that time, The first１A written preliminary injunction ruling has not yet been made public. After the court issued its written ruling, Google asked the court to stay the execution. now, Sonos withdrew its request for a preliminary injunction, Said the preliminary injunction against Google was unlikely to be granted.

(Compiled from www. juve-patent. com)

Reprinted from China Intellectual Property Network   translation: Rason group　proofread: Wang Dan

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