U.S. Jury Orders Amazon to Pay $46.7 Million in a Voice-Assistant Patent Case

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.

Representatives for Amazon and VB did not immediately respond to requests for comment on the verdict.

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