ArchLIGHT Summit announces it will move from September to June beginning in 2027, overlapping with Lightovation at Dallas Market Center for a week of commercial, architectural, and residential lighting. Glamox supplies 900+ specialized marine lights for Taiwan's Formosa 4 offshore wind farm, and Pharos Architectural Controls brings flexible lighting control to Montreal's historic Maisonneuve Library.

Randy travels to Gainesville, Georgia to attend the Signify vs ETI Markman hearing — a contentious courtroom session where attorneys argued over key term definitions, with a full article coming later this week. The September issue of Designing Lighting is out featuring a 1,300-fixture landscape transformation and a moving story about a war-damaged Ukrainian bridge stitched together with light, and the IES26 Illumination Awards drew nearly 600 submissions and a sold-out gala of 340 attendees.

The USPTO denies Super Lighting's request to reexamine a PVTECH LED tube patent, finding no substantial new question of patentability. The Vancouver IES Section announces AEFI Vancouver 2026 for 23 October, and Dawn Doberenz of Columbia Pacific Sales makes the case for why regional rep agencies are indispensable partners — not just salespeople — for lighting manufacturers.

Immediately following IES26, Randy drove to Boulder for the 80th birthday celebration of David DiLaura, one of the true legends of the lighting industry. Held at the Koelbel Alumni Center at the University of Colorado Boulder, the evening brought together about 92 of lighting's biggest names to honor DiLaura as an educator, researcher, author, mentor, and friend — and the affection in the room said it all.