Google LLC v. Sonos, Inc., 2022 FC 1116

JurisdictionFederal Jurisdiction (Canada)
CourtFederal Court (Canada)
Citation2022 FC 1116
Date15 August 2022
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4 practice notes
  • Canadian Patent Law 2022: A Year In Review
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • January 16, 2023
    ...then the inventor's objective intention as expressed in the specification may not be respected. Similarly, in Google LLC v Sonos, Inc, 2022 FC 1116, the Federal Court rejected Google's assertion that "recourse to the patent disclosure to ascertain the meaning of terms in the claims is imper......
  • Coca-Cola Company v. Canada (Attorney General), 2023 FC 424
    • Canada
    • Federal Court (Canada)
    • March 28, 2023
    ...is not what Canada’s patent regime is intended to permit. [74] This same approach was also recently discussed in Google v Sonos, 2022 FC 1116 at paragraphs [96] I am of the view that Google goes too far when it says that the 871 Patent is not eligible prior art because it would not h......
  • Google LLC v. Sonos INC., 2024 FCA 44
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Canada)
    • March 13, 2024
    ...  Respondent   REASONS FOR JUDGMENT LOCKE J.A. [1] The appellant, Google LLC (Google), appeals a decision of the Federal Court (2022 FC 1116, per Justice Russel W. Zinn, the Infringement Decision) which found that the respondent, Sonos Inc. (Sonos), did not infringe claim 7 of Goo......
  • Canadian Patent Law 2023: A Year In Review
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • January 25, 2024
    ...defined term are to be construed accordingly (see, e.g., Biogen Canada Inc v Pharmascience Inc, 2022 FCA 143; and Google LLC v Sonos, Inc, 2022 FC 1116). Although courts often rely on expert opinions to construe undefined technical terms that are particular to the field of the invention, a ......
2 cases
  • Coca-Cola Company v. Canada (Attorney General), 2023 FC 424
    • Canada
    • Federal Court (Canada)
    • March 28, 2023
    ...is not what Canada’s patent regime is intended to permit. [74] This same approach was also recently discussed in Google v Sonos, 2022 FC 1116 at paragraphs [96] I am of the view that Google goes too far when it says that the 871 Patent is not eligible prior art because it would not h......
  • Google LLC v. Sonos INC., 2024 FCA 44
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Canada)
    • March 13, 2024
    ...  Respondent   REASONS FOR JUDGMENT LOCKE J.A. [1] The appellant, Google LLC (Google), appeals a decision of the Federal Court (2022 FC 1116, per Justice Russel W. Zinn, the Infringement Decision) which found that the respondent, Sonos Inc. (Sonos), did not infringe claim 7 of Goo......
1 firm's commentaries
  • Canadian Patent Law 2022: A Year In Review
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • January 16, 2023
    ...then the inventor's objective intention as expressed in the specification may not be respected. Similarly, in Google LLC v Sonos, Inc, 2022 FC 1116, the Federal Court rejected Google's assertion that "recourse to the patent disclosure to ascertain the meaning of terms in the claims is imper......

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