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In case it wasn't clear - a jury awarded Sonos $32.5 million, but the judge just threw that out. Sonos gets nothing.

It's quite possible that both sides spent far more than $32.5 million on lawyers, but it made sense to fight.

Sonos, because they wanted to sue others and not just Google.

Google, because they didn't want to set a precedent that they'd give in when they hadn't actually infringed on anything.

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It also materially changed the experience of Google's products for the worse. I am curious how that might have impacted their bottom line (as small as home devices are to their business).

The 32 million is pocket change. What's important is whether the import ban on infringing Google devices is related to this judgement, or if that was a separate case.

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