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Revised Politan Proxy Material Offers a Surprising Masimo Tidbit

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Chancery Court Declines to Force an Earlier Stockholders Meeting

New proxy material produced and distributed to stockholders this week by Politan Capital Management – an activist investor in Masimo Corp (Nasdaq: MASI) – mostly contains information that was already known. The activist investor, as well as Masimo itself, must provide new proxy materials and voting forms as all previous votes were invalidated as a result of a rescheduling of the 2024 Annual Stockholders Meeting to September 19th (originally was to be July 25th).

But Politan included a few pages of updated background information which, among those items I’ve already written about, did include one fascinating or tantalizing bit of new information.

See more on the updated Politan proxy & its new Masimo tidbit

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Lutron Loses Appeal in J Geiger Lawsuit But Gets Penalty Reduction

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The judge hearing Lutron Electronics’ appeal of its loss to GeigTech East Bay (part of J. Geiger shades) in a patent infringement case has delivered her decision and it is sure to please neither side. Earlier this year a jury declared Lutron a willful infringer of a GeigTech patent and awarded it an eye-popping $34.6 million. Lutron appealed asking for a new trial, which was denied, but the Judge cut the award to $3.8 million, agreeing that it was “grossly excessive.”

So what happens now? Read on to see…

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DTC Brands OSD Audio and Outlaw Audio Settle All Litigation; OSD Sues Homni

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Santos Electronics Inc., dba OSD Audio, and Outlaw Audio LLC – both direct-to-consumer (DTC) brands – have settled all claims between them in their dueling lawsuits that began back in 2022, according to court filings from earlier this year. In that order from the court, I learned that the entire action was dismissed “with prejudice” – meaning it cannot ever be revised or otherwise litigated again (on these issues).

See more on the end of OSD Audio v. Outlaw Audio, and vice versa

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In Masimo v. Apple $3B Trade Secrets Trial, Witnesses Offer Divergent Testimony

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Apple Watch sensor
Apple’s sensor for, among other things, blood oxygen levels

The Masimo Corporation $3 billion trade secret misappropriation, patent infringement, and patent ownership trial against Apple, Inc. is continuing and witnesses are offering the jury sharply divergent views of the many elements of this case. While those opposing viewpoints are fairly clear, what is not clear is how the jury is interpreting all of this information, and which side they feel is presenting a true picture of the situation.

See more on what we know in Masimo vs. Apple

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Court Orders OSD Audio to Cease ‘Literally False’ Advertising Claim

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OSD Audio Nero XA5180 amplifier
OSD Nero XA5180 multichannel amplifier

In a decision announced last week, U.S. District Court Judge James V. Selna has granted a motion for reconsideration by Outlaw Audio that included a restraining order preventing OSD Audio “from falsely representing” a certain feature of one of its products. This decision is a result of legal action taking place between direct-to-consumer (D2C) brands Santos Elecs. Inc. dba OSD Audio and Outlaw Audio LLC.

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Sonos Scores Another Patent Win, Legrand Signs Multi-Year Licensing Deal

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Sonos logo from the past

In yet another sign of patent success for Sonos, major industry player Legrand has agreed to a multi-year licensing deal to cover the technology used in their Nuvo line of wireless multi-room products. This is yet another sign that tends to add to the growing power of the Sonos patent portfolio covering these technologies.

See more on this announcement of a deal with Legrand…

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Sonos & Google Patent War Gets Ugly, Each Accuses the Other of Bad Faith

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A hearing before a California federal judge brought an ugly exchange between attorneys for both Sonos and Google – with each side pointing their finger at the other and accusing them of bad faith. That attorneys got ugly against their counterparts is not in itself surprising. However, the speed with which this dispute devolved to that point was a surprise.

Learn more about this escalating battle between Sonos & Google…

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Sonos & Google Patent War Intensifies as Each Fires New Salvos This Week

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tanks are aligned for battle between these two giants

It must be really interesting in those Sonos and Google joint product development meetings, where the parties meet to discuss their partnership on the Google assistant technology built into Sonos products. You see, in addition to this product partnership, both companies are ensnarled in a nasty round of lawsuits accusing each other of various patent violations – with tactics and rhetoric heating up as each fired new salvos at the other just this week. On Monday, Google sued Sonos. On Tuesday, Sonos sued Google. This is getting serious…

See what’s happening now between Sonos and Google

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Giving No Ground, Lenbrook Launches Robust Retaliation to Sonos Lawsuit

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After receiving a stipulation allowing them more time to respond, Lenbrook Industries Ltd, and Lenbrook America, last week filed their response to the Sonos patent litigation they were hit with in June. It was a robust and smart response that clearly communicated that Lenbrook planned to give no ground in this dispute.

While perhaps not quite as audacious as the D&M response when they were first dealt the blow of litigation…Lenbrook offered a smart and savvy response that not only pushed back but seemingly undercuts many of Sonos’ core allegations..and patents.

Sonos v Lenbrook is heating up…who has the advantage?…

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Did Control4 Just Try to End-Run Multiple Shareholder Lawsuits?

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As Strata-gee recently reported, there are currently seven active lawsuits that have been filed against Control4 and their Board of Directors in the wake of their acquisition by SnapAV. In a new DEFA14A filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission last Friday, the company addresses the issue of these lawsuits – saying that they are going to fight them. But then they do something very curious – they file an amendment to their original Schedule 14A filing, their Proxy Statement, with added information that appears to add missing material in response to allegations in the lawsuits filed against them.

Is Control4 trying to end-run the litigation just days before shareholders vote? See more below…

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