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Massive Masimo vs. Apple Legal Battle Has Epic Day; Is Apple Capitulating?

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Masimo won an ITC ban on the sale of Apple Watch which was pulled from its webstore

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In the matter of Masimo Corp. v. Apple, Inc….AND…Apple, Inc. v. Masimo Corp. we have a full-blown, overt litigation war raging between two determined combatants. It is a complex battle that has opened multiple fronts with multiple separate actions initiated by each of the parties in District Courts, the U.S. International Trade Commission, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal District. Almost every one of the myriad decisions by all of these entities is appealed to final disposition.

However, Friday, January 12, 2024, turns out to be an especially important day.

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Indy Audio Labs Appoints AWA Reps for Acurus & Aragon in Great Lakes Region

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Indy Audio Labs appoints AWA Reps for Acurus & Aragon brands

Indy Audio Labs, the company that manufactures the respected high-end high-performance brands Acurus and Aragon, announced this week that it has appointed AWA Reps as its representative for the Great Lakes region. The company, which calls itself “leaders in immersive home cinema processing and amplification” is looking to shine a light on this appointment for dealers in the region.

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Lenbrook Spins Off Its Media Business as an Independent Unit

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Canada’s The Lenbrook Group announced today that it has spun off its digital media and content-related businesses as a separate unit, independent of its hardware brands. The new unit will be known as The Lenbrook Media Group and is to be headed by former MQA Ltd. CEO Mike Jbara.

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New Study Finds 80% of Companies Will Track RTO Attendance in 2024

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Companies are getting serious about RTO policies

A new study on corporate return-to-office (RTO) plans shows that 8 in 10 companies say they will track employee office attendance in 2024. The survey also found that those who fail to follow company policy on in-office attendance will face negative consequences for not complying.

See what else this study found on rapidly changing company attendance policies

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Themes That Were Key in ’23 on Strata-gee

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Themes that were Key in 2023

Wow! It’s crazy that 2023 is now just about behind us, and what a dramatic and dynamic year it was! What were the key themes of the year? At the beginning of the year, I think most would say their greatest concern was the economy and their least concern was the tech industry. Yet the year turned out to be almost the exact opposite of that.

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Savant Acquires Long-Time Partner J Geiger Shading

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Savant demos Apple air tag triggering an automation controlling shades
At CEDIA Expo ’23 Savant showed a J Geiger motorized shade controlled by Apple Air Tags triggering an automation [click to enlarge]

Savant Systems, Inc., a leading provider of control, home automation, smart home, and smart power solutions, announced on Monday that it has acquired the assets of J Geiger Shading, a leading provider of architecturally conscious shading products. The two companies have had an ongoing association for several years now, and this new transaction brings J Geiger products under the Savant umbrella.

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Nice and FSI, A Private Equity Group, Finalize a Strategic Partnership

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New Nice headquarters in Brazil
New Nice headquarters in Brazil [Click to enlarge]

Nice, a multi-national company based in Italy with a portfolio of Home Management and Building Management brands (including former Nortek Security and Control brands) and its primary shareholder BeNice Holding, has finalized a strategic partnership with FSI, an Italian private equity investment company. This partnership was first announced in August as part of a capital investment by FSI and has now fully closed.

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With Streaming Still Struggling, Spotify Announces 3rd Round of Layoffs

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Spotify's Daniel Ek, CEO & Co-Founder

Spotify Technology, S.A. announced that it will lay off approximately 1,500 employees, or about 17% of its entire staff. The company says the cuts are necessary to adjust operations for a very different operating environment than it anticipated when it built staff to drive growth in 2020 during the pandemic.

These are not its first layoffs in 2023…

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With Oasys Growing 100%, the Nationwide Drive to 1,000 is a Short One

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Oasys logo projected on a screen

Nationwide Marketing Group’s Oasys Residential Technology Group division reported this week that its membership has grown “over 100%” in 2023, a remarkable achievement in a relatively short period of time. It also propels the overall organization towards its publicly stated goal of achieving a total of at least 1,000 custom integration members across its three brands as part of its “Drive to 1,000,” first announced in March this year.

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Parasound VP of R&D Has Fresh Ideas to Expand the Company & Grow High End

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Parasound VP of Research & Development Darren Myers

Darren Myers doesn’t look like your typical audio electronics engineer. He also doesn’t sound like a typical audio engineer. A young guy with fresh ideas…maybe they make sense, maybe they don’t…I had an unusual, thought-provoking, and even at times surprising conversation with Darren Myers, Parasound’s Vice President of Research and Development.

See what Myers thinks about the revitalization of Parasound and what he believes is an exciting and expanding future for the entire high end audio industry.

Check out my conversation with the top engineer at Parasound

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