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Masimo Wins Again: Patent Trial & Appeal Board Dismisses Apple Challenge

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Masimo W1 smart watch with enhanced health information

Masimo Corp. (NASDAQ: MASI), a medical products company that also owns audio maker Sound United, notches yet another victory in its continuing conflict with Apple, Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) – this time in the form of a favorable ruling from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB), which dismissed Apple’s challenges to two Masimo patents on proprietary technology to test blood oxygenation levels. As a result, things are heating up and getting a little more serious for Apple, which Masimo accuses of infringing on its patents to add a health-related feature to their popular Apple Watch products, with no compensation or licensing arrangement with Masimo.

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Crestron Announces ‘Modern Work Summit’ on Latest Workplace Trends

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Crestron announces Modern Work Summit 2023

Crestron Electronics, a leading provider of smart workplace collaboration technology, announced today that in May 2023, it will hold another Modern Work Summit 2023 in Madrid. A follow-up to the first such event held in Orlando, FL last year, Modern Work Summit 2023 is a two-day in-person event centered on the topic of the dynamic and evolving workplace of today (and tomorrow), and the technology that helps power the transition.

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B&W Upgrades True Wireless Headphones with Pi7 S2 & Pi5 S2

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New B&W Pi7 S2 earbuds

Bowers and Wilkins (B&W) announced this week the availability of upgraded Series 2 versions of two of their popular true wireless in-ear headphones – the Pi7 S2 and the Pi5 S2. In true B&W form, these new models are NOT an example of just the same old wine in a brand-new bottle. Rather, the company has made serious upgrades to the technology, performance, and capabilities compared to the original versions of these headphones making them a great choice for new buyers…and also an attractive upgrade option for owners of the original versions.

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Sources: Snap One has Restructured Operations with Staff Layoffs

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Snap One website

Multiple reports are pouring in that Snap One, a leading custom integration supplier, has just completed a restructuring that resulted in layoffs. It is not clear at this point just how many employees were cut, but it was significant enough to motivate several sources around the country to reach out to Strata-gee.

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Trinnov Audio Appoints Its First Customer Support Manager

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Chrisanne Rhodes, Trinnov Customer Support Manager

Trinnov Audio announced on Tuesday that it has created a new position at the company of Customer Support Manager and appointed Chrisanne Rhodes to the role. For a company offering highly sophisticated technologies and products, this new role is likely to be an extremely important addition to the company’s support of all levels of the market from dealers to end-users.

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Sonance Shifts into Overdrive Building New Canada Resi Sales Structure

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Sonance booth at a past CEDIA Expo

Sonance announced today that it has made tremendous progress in building out its new company-direct sales structure for the residential channel in Canada. Within days of launching the shift away from a national distributor based approach to an HQ-driven network, the company says it has already signed up multiple new manufacturer sales representative firms in key Canadian regions.

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AudioControl Appoints Fielder Marketing as Rep for N. Cal & N. Nev

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AudioControl Maestro X9 preamp/processor

AudioControl, a manufacturer of specialty automotive and residential audio gear popular in the custom integration channel, announced this week the appointment of Fielder Marketing as its manufacturers sales representative firm for Northern California and Northern Nevada. Considered an important region for the company, AudioControl made the announcement which is effective immediately.

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Masimo, Parent of Sound United, Scores Big Win in Patent Action Against Apple

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United States International Trade Commission logo

Masimo (NASDAQ: MASI), a medical products manufacturer who also owns audio products maker Sound United, said this week that a U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) Administrative Law Judge in Washington D.C. has ruled that Apple, Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has violated Section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930 by importing and selling models of their Apple Watch that incorporate light-based pulse oximetry technology that infringes on two of Masimo’s patents. Apple first introduced its pulse oximeter sensor in their Apple Watch Series 6 in 2020 and continues to incorporate it into models up to the current series.

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Voxx Int’l Fiscal 3rd Quarter Sales Drop 25.4%; Profits Up on Cost Cutting

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cover of Voxx investor presentation

CEO Says Onkyo AVRs Offered to Costco This Year

Citing the “current state of the global economies” and “ongoing supply chain issues” Voxx International (NASDAQ: VOXX) reported the results of their fiscal 2023, third quarter this week and it was a story of more of the same, perhaps intensifying, business challenges that they identified when the company announced its second-quarter results. All of its major business segments reported sales declines – dropping double-digit percentages – with overall sales dropping 25.4% year-over-year. But the company said profits increased on aggressive cost cutting.

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Bryston Announces the Appointment of Two New Sales Rep Groups

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Bryston power amplifier

Bryston, one of the top high-end electronics and loudspeaker brands, announced the appointment of two new manufacturer sales representative organizations. The company says it has appointed Fielder Marketing for Northern California and Northern Nevada; and Nova Marketing for Minnesota, North & South Dakota, and western Wisconsin.

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