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

January 17, 2024 by Ted Leave a Comment

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

STORY UPDATED – Scroll down to read

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.

Learn about recent decisions in the legal battle between Masimo and Apple

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Filed Under: Law, Management, Manufacturers, News Tagged With: Apple Inc, Apple Watch, Masimo Corporation, patent infringement, pulse oximetry

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

January 11, 2024 by Ted Leave a Comment

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.

See more on AWA’s appointment by Indy Audio Labs

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Filed Under: Management, Manufacturers, News, People, Sales Reps

Nailed It! Masimo Preliminary Results for Fiscal ’23 Q4 & Full Year are Within Guidance

January 11, 2024 by Ted Leave a Comment

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Will Exclude Apple Litigation Fees from Future Guidance

On Wednesday, Masimo Corporation (NASAQ: MASI) released preliminary results for its Fiscal 2023 fourth quarter and full-year results and issued new guidance representing its outlook for Fiscal 2024. Even though its final results won’t be announced until next month (February) the company has enough information to issue these preliminary results now, giving investors a better picture of how their fiscal quarter and year will end.

Masimo also announced it would change its formulation for future guidance by excluding the extensive costs associated with its litigation with Apple.

See more on this report from Masimo

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Filed Under: Financial, Manufacturers Tagged With: corporate earnings, Masimo, Sound United

VOXX Reports Fiscal ’24 Q3 Results, Cites a ‘Slowing’ Economy & ‘Continued Softness’

January 11, 2024 by Ted Leave a Comment

New VOXX product, the Klipsch Flexux powered by Onkyo

VOXX Stock Loses Over 12% of Its Value the Next Trading Day

After the close of markets on Tuesday, VOXX International Corporation (NASDAQ: VOXX) released its Fiscal 2024 third-quarter financial results for the period ending November 30, 2023. Citing continued challenging macroeconomic conditions in 2023, the company reported that its third-quarter sales declined 5.4% and net income dropped 74.3%. CEO Pat Lavelle, who was participating in an analyst conference call on its earnings by phoning in from CES 2024, started his presentation somberly, saying to analysts that, “2023 has been tough for everyone, not just Voxx. Our entire industry has had a very challenging year.”

Learn more from the VOXX fiscal ’24 3rd quarter earnings report

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Filed Under: Financial, News Tagged With: Pat Lavelle, quarterly earnings, Voxx

OliverIQ: Order a Juicy New Smartphone and Get a Side Order of Smart Home With It

January 8, 2024 by Ted Leave a Comment

The ‘Intel Inside’ of the DIY Smart Home Industry

Launching today at CES 2024 is a new company of impressive pedigree that purports to offer Smart Home as a Service (SHaaS) through partnering with large national service providers -potentially scaling the category to a level not seen up to now. OliverIQ shared with members of the media their vision for an entirely new kind of multi-protocol, cloud-based, interoperability-enabling solution that just might change the face of the DIY Smart Home market.

See more on the bold thinking behind OliverIQ

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Filed Under: News, Service, Strategy, Technology Tagged With: Eric Smith, OliverIQ, SHaaS, Will West

Lenbrook Spins Off Its Media Business as an Independent Unit

January 4, 2024 by Ted 1 Comment

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.

See more on Lenbrook spinning off its media businesses

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Filed Under: Brands, Management, Manufacturers, Media, News, Shows & Events, Strategy, Technology

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

January 4, 2024 by Ted Leave a Comment

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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Filed Under: Management, News, Research, Strategy, Survey Tagged With: Resume Builder, return-to-office, RTO

Shelly Group to Launch New Gen3 Series of IoT Devices at CES 2024

January 3, 2024 by Ted Leave a Comment

New Shelly chip powers Gen3 devices

Shelly Group AD (formerly Allterco Robotics), a maker of a range of task-specific IoT devices and smart building solutions under the Shelly brand, announced today that it is launching a new Gen3 series of devices at the upcoming Consumer Electronics Show 2024. Shelly offers an innovative line of devices primarily targeted at the DIY hobbyist market, but devices that are increasingly being embraced by integrators as handy problem solvers in the field.

See the new Gen 3 Shelly devices launching at CES 2024

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Filed Under: Manufacturers, News, Products, Shows & Events, Technology Tagged With: IoT, Shelly

Happy New Year 2024

December 28, 2023 by Ted 4 Comments

Happy New Year 2024!

Happy New Year to Strata-gists everywhere! As we close the chapter on 2023, a challenging year of transition for the country and for Tech, we look forward to a bigger and better 2024.

See my Happy New Year 2024 message

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Filed Under: General Topics

Themes That Were Key in ’23 on Strata-gee

December 28, 2023 by Ted Leave a Comment

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.

See more on the themes that were key in ’23 on Strata-gee

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Filed Under: Dealers, Distributors, Industry Trends, Integrators, Management, Manufacturers, Products, Strategy, supply chain Tagged With: trends

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