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Re:Power tool manufacturers and who owns them by darkarmani on Tuesday May 19, 2020 @05:50PM (#23240713)
> I can not get behind using IP laws to prevent companies from increasing the safety of their products, for example a few years ago Bosch attempted to bring similar saw stopping technology to market and was prevented do to a lawsuit from SawStop which resulted in a ban on the importation of the technology to the US

Bosch could have licensed the technology. This is actually IP that deserves to be enforced. Table saws have been around forever and none of the large manufacturers could be bothered to innovate until sawstop came along?

It's not like everyone can't buy sawstop tablesaws instead if they value the safety of it.

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Re:Power tool manufacturers and who owns them by syshum on Thursday May 21, 2020 @06:59AM (#23256937)
>>Bosch could have licensed the technology.

SawStop today refuses to license the tech as it is their only competitive advantage to sell their massively overpriced saws.

They could have 20 years ago when SawStop was trying to license the tech, however the industry (and I concur with them) belived their licensing terms were unacceptable.

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