Google Successfully Appeals $32.5 Million Verdict in Sonos Patent Battle

A California federal judge has overturned a $32.5 million verdict in favor of Sonos against Google in a patent dispute, ruling that the Sonos patents were unenforceable. The judge stated that Sonos had improperly connected its patents to a 2006 application to claim priority over Google's devices. Sonos plans to appeal the ruling. The case is part of a larger intellectual property dispute between the two companies, with lawsuits in multiple countries.