Google Loses Bid to Nix Trade Agency Smart Speaker Import Ban

The Federal Circuit rejected Google LLC‘s effort to curb the jurisdiction of the US International Trade Commission after the agency barred imports of smart speaker products deemed to infringe competitor Sonos Inc.'s patents.

Google had petitioned for the full US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit to review a panel decision from April siding with the trade agency. The tech giant was forced to redesign its Nest speaker products after the ITC found they infringed two Sonos patents when American customers followed instructions to pair them together.

Google argued the appeals court had in 2015 allowed the ITC ...