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Intellectual Property

May 22, 2026

Google argues jury improperly relied on expert testimony trial judge excluded

Google urged a federal judge Thursday to overturn a $32.5 million Sonos patent verdict, arguing jurors improperly relied on expert testimony the trial judge had instructed them to disregard. The court questioned whether Google could overcome the legal presumption that juries follow judicial instructions.

Google argues jury improperly relied on expert testimony trial judge excluded
Mellisa J. Baily

Google suspects a San Francisco jury ignored an instruction to disregard an expert's testimony when it awarded Sonos a $32.5 million patent infringement verdict in 2023, but it may have a difficult time proving it.

"You would agree the law assumes that jurors follow instructions?" U.S. Magistrate Judge Peter H. Kang told the company's Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP counsel at a hearing Thursday. "What's the legal standard for me to say I'm...

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