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‘Legendary’ Judge Alsup Featured in Strata-gee May Go ‘Inactive’ in 2025

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Judge Alsup in his chambers

Featured in Sonos v. Google Patent Dispute

Law360, a legal newsletter, reported on Tuesday that U.S. District Judge William H. Alsup – a judge in the Northern District of California – has filed papers with the court notifying it that he will likely take “inactive status” sometime in 2025. Calling him a “larger-than-life jurist” who has presided over some of the most consequential cases in America, Law360 says Judge Alsup is “legendary” in the U.S. legal system. I concur…

Judge Alsup was featured in one of Strata-gee’s most popular stories ever written on patent battles, this one between Sonos and Google. There was a remarkable twist at the end of this story based on real-world detective work by Judge Alsup.

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More Change at Sonos, This Time on the Board as Hugo Barra Replaces Mike Volpi

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New Sonos Director Hugo Barra
Hugo Barra

Sonos, Inc. (Nasdaq: SONO) announced today that director Mike Volpi is stepping down from the Sonos Board of Directors. No reason was given for why Volpi was leaving. The company announced that Hugo Barra will replace Volpi on the board.

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Is Sonos Adrift and Directionless? Or On the Right Track?

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Exhibit F Sonos Motion

Recent developments and reporting within the last week seem to suggest that Sonos, Inc. (Nasdaq: SONO) is adrift and directionless as its new Interim CEO tries to right the ship. It has even canceled its next big product introduction. Is the company flailing? Or is it finally getting its act together?

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Investigation Launched into Alleged Securities Fraud Claims Against Sonos

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Blowup of Sonos Era 300

Pomerantz Law has announced it is launching an investigation of Sonos, Inc (Nasdaq: SONO) on behalf of investors. The firm says that this action is being taken to investigate claims surrounding the company’s handling of its 2024 app disaster and whether certain Sonos officers and/or directors “have engaged in securities fraud or other unlawful business practices.”

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Another Top Executive Leaves Sonos

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Sonos Chief Commercial Officer Deirdre Findlay

On Monday, Sonos, Inc. (Nasdaq: SONO), in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), revealed that Deirdre Findlay, Sonos Chief Commercial Officer, had resigned from her position with the company on February 19, 2025. This is yet another top executive, in this case, a top marketing position, to leave the company.

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Latest Sonos Earnings Report Shows Just How Bad Things Are

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Sonos graphic for Q1 Fiscal 2025 results
Is that a disaster movie they’re watching?

Sonos announced the financial results for its first quarter of Fiscal 2025, the 90-day period that ended on December 28, 2024. It was sobering news – Revenues declined over 10%, Operating Income collapsed almost 40%(!), and Net Income slid 38%. These poor results show that Sonos is starting out 2025, not as bad as 2024…it’s starting out worse.

Yet some outlets on Wall Street reported Sonos results were “better than expected.” With these numbers, how is that possible? Read on…

Learn all about the Sonos financial results in the first quarter of Fiscal 2025

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Another Round of Sonos Layoffs at a Critical Moment; 12% of Staff is Cut

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Consumer using Sonos products

Sonos has announced that it is launching yet another reorganization (it had one in 2024, and another one before that in 2023) with a “reduction in force” this time impacting 12% of its entire workforce. It seems remarkable that at a time when it continues to struggle to extricate itself from the La Brea tar pits it fell into via 2024’s app disaster, one of its first solutions is to let people go. More than 1 out of every 10 employees has been terminated to “…improve the Company’s operating model and cost structure to set the Company up for long-term success.”

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Sonos CEO Patrick Spence is Out; Board Names Tom Conrad as Interim CEO

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Patrick Spence, Sonos now ex-CEO

In a move I have been anticipating for weeks, the Sonos Board has finally made a move and dismissed Patrick Spence as CEO as of this morning, Monday, January 13, 2025. The company has named a member of the Board – Tom Conrad – as an interim CEO, while a search has been launched for its next CEO.

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Sonos in Sustained Struggle Throughout 4Q & Full Year Fiscal 2024

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Sonos 4Q and Full Year Fiscal 2024 results

Sonos, Inc. (Nasdaq: SONO) Chief Executive Officer Patrick Spence did his best to sound upbeat and exuberant recently as he discussed the company’s results for its fourth quarter (4Q) and full year of Fiscal 2024 on an earnings call with financial analysts. Although most expected poor results in the wake of recent challenges, the numbers were particularly rough as the company is struggling against market headwinds in the audio segment, a less-than-satisfying rollout of what it had hoped would be a blockbuster new product in a blockbuster new category (Ace headphones), and most vexingly, from its own self-inflicted wound with a horribly botched app rollout.

Spence faced a tough sell to analysts, even with reduced expectations, as the numbers were quite disappointing.

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Sonos Troubles Mount – Poor Sales Suggests Ace May Be a Joker

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Sonos Ace headphones are reportedly not selling well

Ace Production Cut to Just 10% of Original Plan

While Sonos (Nasdaq: SONO) claims to have most of its app problems behind it, multiple reports are emerging that suggest it may have an even bigger problem – the introduction of its Ace premium headphone has flopped. If these reports are true, then Sonos may indeed be staring into the jaws of the one monster that can truly terrify it – growing consumer resistance to its new products.

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