Google is facing import ban for smart speakers and other devices, here's why

While Google is facing an import ban, a spokesperson asserted that the company doesn't expect the ruling to interrupt its importing or selling business. Here's everything you need to know.

Google is reportedly facing an import ban for its products as the company has been found guilty of violating the intellectual property of Sonos. The two companies have been fighting over this for the past two years and the trade court has finally closed the case by giving the ruling in favour of Sonos.

The United States International Trade Commission (ITC) has agreed that Google infringed five of Sonos’ wireless audio patents, according to a report by The New York Times. This prohibits Google from importing products that have been found to have violated Sonos' intellectual properties. These are said to be Google Home smart speakers, Pixel phones and computers, and the Chromecast streaming video device.