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None of those are analogous. What would be loosely analogous would be if table saw manufacturers were basketball teams, and that the Sawstop team successfully petitioned the NBA that for them the hoop would be 3 feet lower than for all the other teams. But I guess if they were to get that "law...

To follow-up on my own post, it seems like some of the opposition to SawStop relates to their actions being perceived as unfair. An analogy or two may help. Business is very similar to sports or other games. In sports there is the rulebook and in business there is the law. As long as you adhere to t...

It seems to me as though they (Sawstop) did win. I doubt that the sale to the German compant was at a loss. Yeah, I just wish they had stayed an American company and continued to grow organically. Unfortunately M&A's are very attractive, at least they were when interest rates were lower. ;) Too...

No! You're still mischaracterizing. No one is saying the entire patent system is bad. And no one is saying SawStop should be punished . Only that they should not be allowed to manipulate the market by gaming the system via the CPSC. It should be a level playing field. Shades of gray...As you said i...

I don't agree with your version of what happened at SawStop, but I am also NOT going to endlessly debate it here either. IF you feel this passionately about all of this, why not join the CPSC or advocate for patent law changes with the government to enact change? This discussion could go on ad infin...

RF Guy; Thanks for those links. I had never encountered Ashley Harwood before. Judging from the photos, she is quite accomplished. I looked at the tools she has for sale and was interested to see that she is selling some "negative rake" scrapers. This is something else I have only recentl...

I am not a patent attorney and I don't care to debate the details of patent law, so I will continue to skate around the perimeter here as is my prerogative. So, if this is the key patent for SawStop's invention and if it is expired then why all of the hullabaloo??? Other manufacturers should be raci...

My 'attitude' is the result of my 'understanding' of Gass's 'strategy'. Yes it is a personal perspective. I totally agree re your patent understanding. I wasn't referring to your posts above, though my post did follow yours. Cost is not the CPSC's main concern, Safety is. However I do think consume...

It is surprising how some think SawStop should freely give most of their patents to the public domain. I'd really like to understand their justification for this. Should Shopsmith have pushed their patents into the public domain in the past? I mean if their 5-in-1 tool is superior to all others, why...

David, Thanks. I appreciate it. All, Yeah, this has been my point, i.e. there are at least 2 sides to every story. If you don't believe me, go read about the ones I pointed out earlier. There were fierce patent wars between Tesla & Edison, Armstrong & DeForest and many others. Also several ...