Re:Our right to challenge junk patents is under threat
by Blackthorn on Monday June 05, 2023 @02:46PM
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Sawstop is a fabulous example. After the patent expired too, what are those other companies doing? Well, when I looked into European table saws last year, they started using it as a market segmentation tactic and putting stop tech only on their upper tier of $$$ saws. Disgusting. Felder, go fuck yourselves.
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Re:Our right to challenge junk patents is under threat
by bluGill on Monday June 05, 2023 @04:00PM
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In the US you can be sued if you have a safety system that isn't on some models and someone gets injured. check with a laywer for details.
Note that despite the above, don't buy a tool without those safety features. Better to spend more now and live than get your heirs a pile of money.
Re:Our right to challenge junk patents is under threat
by Blackthorn on Monday June 05, 2023 @04:39PM
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Not sure about the details of that, you can definitely buy Hammer/Felder table saw products in the USA (not that I want to, given their shitty attitude about using this feature as a market segmentation tactic).
It's frustrating because I'd much rather have a proper European sliding table saw like the Robland CZ-300 II, but I don't want to give up the safety of a Sawstop system.
Re:Our right to challenge junk patents is under threat
by bluGill on Monday June 05, 2023 @04:53PM
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You can be sued, and will probably lose in court. however that is a risk you are allowed to take. They are allowed to see such products even though nobody should. Eventually regulations will take over, but for now it is just a economic optimization problem: will the monetary loss from killing/injuring someone and losing the law suite be more money that just putting the system on the say - I hope you feel icky just reading that.