Sonos wins Google import ban ruling in U.S. patent fight

WASHINGTON, Jan 7 (Reuters) – A U.S. trade court barred Google late Thursday from importing products that infringe home-audio company Sonos’ smart-speaker patents.

The U.S. International Trade Commission affirmed an August decision that Google audio products infringed five Sonos patents and banned Google from importing “networked speaker devices” and devices that can control them like mobile phones and laptops.

The ruling says Google won’t be barred from importing products that it had…