On Sun, 2 Oct 2011 16:55:04 -0500, "HeyBub" wrote:

wrote:

Now it may be that Ryoibi, DeWalt, et all do not have the $35
billion in CASH that Microsoft has, but they damned sure have more
moola than SawStop. The table-saw cartel, really, can litigate
SawStop to death if they choose that tactic. For example, by
claiming patent infringement on the part of SawStop ("We control the
patent on all things that go round-and-round...").

Um, "things that go round-and-round" have, demonstrably, been around
more than 20 years. If, by some accident of history that there was a
patent, it would have expired sometime last week.


So what?

So you're "what if", isn't.

That won't stop the filing of lawsuits in every possible
jurisdiction.

No, but that will just bleed them dry, with no possible gain.

Then there are the interrogatories, depositions,
counter-filings, witnesses, travel, rescheduling, writs and paper filling
several wheelbarrows, and notary publics without number. That's even BEFORE
they bring in the patent filings from Patagonia that must be adjudicated
under the Panama Intellectual Property Act.

That might work drawing out a finding by the courts, but it does *nothing* in
this case because the patent is *assumed*valid* until found otherwise. It
might be in SawStop's interest to draw out a trial, if there were a chance
they'd lose. It would never be in the challenger's interest.

Look at the recent health care law: At least a dozen lawsuits have been
filed in federal courts, so we're not even talking about something that has
to bubble up through a state court system. The Supreme Court will probably
hear the combined cases right after the new year with a decision expected in
the spring of 2012. This contention has been fast-tracked by everybody and
it's still going to take TWO YEARS to get it settled!

What's that strawman wearing?

No, a determined law firm can massage the system for a decade at significant
cost. It then comes down to who has the greater staying power.

But ITS NOT TO THEIR ADVANTAGE TO DO SO.