After years of trying, the U.S. government may mandate safer table saws

Re:After years of trying, the U.S. government may mandate sa... by wvenable on Tuesday April 09, 2024 @06:33PM (#39985051)

Yeah this needs to be met with invalidation of patents. If the government mandates something, it has to be possible without patent infringement.

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Re:After years of trying, the U.S. government may mandate sa... by ip26 on Tuesday April 09, 2024 @07:10PM (#39985303)

Commonly there would be a requirement to license the patent, rather than striking it down for the crime of being indispensable.

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Re:After years of trying, the U.S. government may mandate sa... by InvertedRhodium on Tuesday April 09, 2024 @07:25PM (#39985386)

If they applied FRAND requirements to it, then I could see that working. So long as it's just a license for the patent holder to extort other companies I can't support it at all.

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Re:After years of trying, the U.S. government may mandate sa... by selimnairb on Tuesday April 09, 2024 @08:59PM (#39985911)

Give SawStop $10B and seize the patents under eminent domain.

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Re:After years of trying, the U.S. government may mandate sa... by refurb on Wednesday April 10, 2024 @02:48AM (#39987675)

Jesus that would certainly kill any future innovation.

“Hey if your product is so good that absolutely everyone needs to have it we’ll make sure you get no financial reward for developing it”

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