In article 945f0f6f-92d5-4e9e-86cd-9be5a71b59e7
@p11g2000yqe.googlegroups.com, says...

On Oct 8, 6:30*pm, "J. Clarke" wrote:
says...

In a nutshell. *The SawStop guy came out swinging from the get go, the
manufacturer's balked, and it's moved on to the next round. *Too early
to tell who the winner will be, but I wouldn't bet against the guy
with the deepest pockets.

Merceces-Benz licenses their antiskid braking patents at no charge (or
did while they were still in force, they may be expired now). *If Mr.
Sawstop was really all that interested in preventing injury instead of
lining his own pockets he'd do the same.

ABS were first used in airplanes in the 30's or 40's. Chrysler had
anti-skid technology in the early 70's. Bosch and Mercedes
collaborated in the late 70's and MB rolled them out in the 80's. Not
quite the same thing as having a totally unique technology. I'd also
be very interested to see where they gave away their technology when
there were already competing technologies out there. That's not the
purpose of a patent and it makes no sense from any angle. I did a
quick search but couldn't find anything about it - do you have a link
that I could check out?

Please don't attribute some moral lapse in not taking the high road to
a guy that all the major manufacturer's told to get lost. Anyone
would have a bone to pick with them in that situation, and now he's
set on making his point and teaching them a lesson. After all - he's
a LAWYER. Lawyer's don't necessarily differentiate between making
money and doing good. They're not automatically mutually exclusive.

As far as Gass' position, I could see him negotiating downwards once
the regulations come out. It would be in his best interests to make
the money while he can as numerous billion dollar companies can afford
to lawyer-spank anybody. And it would be in the major players
interest to avoid lawyer fees and work with existing proven technology
instead of losing time in development.

I'm sorry, but Gass is a self-serving ****head. If you think otherwise
you're a damned fool.