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Re:After years of trying, the U.S. government may mandate sa... by chx on Tuesday April 09, 2024 @06:36PM (#39985073)
Yeah but in 2017 TTS (the parent company of Festool) acquired SawStop.

https://www.sawstop.com/news/sawstop-to-be-acquired-by-tts-t...

TTS is a magnitude bigger than SawStop and they might have different ideas than a narrow minded patent attorney.

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Re:After years of trying, the U.S. government may mandate sa... by luma on Tuesday April 09, 2024 @06:52PM (#39985195)
Sure, but who exactly did they send to congress to make the case? Our good friend, Steve Gass, Esq.

TTS owns the shop but Gass clearly still has influence here.

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Re:After years of trying, the U.S. government may mandate sa... by romwell on Wednesday April 10, 2024 @10:38PM (#39997879)
>a narrow minded patent attorney.

He's got a PhD in Physics, and invented the core Stop Saw product after dabbling in woodworking as a hobby for many years.

Call him anything, but narrow minded isn't one of the descriptors that applies.

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