Has anyone considered/started making a sucessor? Who owns the hardware jigs/designs etc as well as the IP ? Is there info on this somewhere?

I know that empeg was bought by sonicblue, then killed. Does this mean that sonic blue have all that info?

any info would be nice
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ToolPeg: 010101886 Mk2a 120Gb GrillPeg: 010101956 Mk2a 80gb