Amazon on Wednesday was ordered to pay $46.7 million in damages by a jury in Delaware federal court that found the tech giant's Alexa virtual assistant violates patents related to speech recognition and natural language processing.
Nov 8 (Reuters) - Amazon (AMZN.O) on Wednesday was ordered to pay $46.7 million in damages by a jury in Delaware federal court that found the tech giant’s Alexa virtual assistant violates patents related to speech recognition and natural language processing.
The jury determined that Amazon infringed patents belonging to VB Assets, whose predecessor VoiceBox Technologies created voice-control software for companies including carmakers Toyota, Chrysler and Dodge and GPS makers TomTom and Magellan.
VB accused Amazon of copying its innovations and infringing four patents covering advances in voice-based search technology.
Amazon launched Alexa in its Echo smart speakers in 2014 and has since integrated the voice assistant into other devices and mobile apps.
VB said in its complaint that Amazon’s conduct “crushed” VoiceBox’s chances to “promote and build a business” around its patents.
For Amazon: David Hadden, Saina Shamilov, Ravi Ranganath, Vigen Salmastlian and Allen Wang of Fenwick & West
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Nov 8 (Reuters) - Amazon (AMZN.O) on Wednesday was ordered to pay $46.7 million in damages by a jury in Delaware federal court that found the tech giant’s Alexa virtual assistant violates patents related to speech recognition and natural language processing.
The jury determined that Amazon infringed patents belonging to VB Assets, whose predecessor VoiceBox Technologies created voice-control software for companies including carmakers Toyota, Chrysler and Dodge and GPS makers TomTom and Magellan.
VB accused Amazon of copying its innovations and infringing four patents covering advances in voice-based search technology.
Amazon launched Alexa in its Echo smart speakers in 2014 and has since integrated the voice assistant into other devices and mobile apps.
VB said in its complaint that Amazon’s conduct “crushed” VoiceBox’s chances to “promote and build a business” around its patents.
For Amazon: David Hadden, Saina Shamilov, Ravi Ranganath, Vigen Salmastlian and Allen Wang of Fenwick & West
The original article contains 275 words, the summary contains 150 words. Saved 45%. I’m a bot and I’m open source!