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Re:Power tool manufacturers and who owns them by syshum on Tuesday May 19, 2020 @11:43AM (#23236092)
at a bear minimum we need something like FRAND for safety devices that require safety related patents to be licensed fairly, non-discriminatory and with reasonable fee's
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Re:Power tool manufacturers and who owns them by SamReidHughes on Wednesday May 20, 2020 @01:27PM (#23249463)
SawStop’s creator seems to have offered reasonable fees.
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Re:Power tool manufacturers and who owns them by syshum on Thursday May 21, 2020 @06:53AM (#23256896)
Your definition of "reasonable" is clearly very different than mine as 8% of GROSS sales is not reasonable... maybe 8% of NET sales...
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Re:Power tool manufacturers and who owns them by SamReidHughes on Tuesday May 26, 2020 @10:15PM (#23318725)
Gross vs. net sales just means a small percentage adjustment, unless the manufacturer makes a broken product. The other costs of making a table saw also make up a fixed percentage of gross sales, not net, but despite that, the product is still sellable.
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