I would guess, that they settled that issue with DeWalt by coming out with
the spur of the moment Type 2. I suspect the Type 3 does not infringe on
the DeWalt patent.
"BIG JOE" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Does anyone know how they settled the legal issue with DeWalt that
> caused the switch to the intentionally flawed Type II to begin with?
>
>
> > IIRC the Type 3 makes the fence work more like Type 1 and fixed the
fence
> > problem that the Type 2 had.
> >
> >
> > "Bill Davis Jr" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> > news:[email protected]...
> > > Yesterday I just happened to stop in my local HD. I went walking
> > > through the tools department and was looking a the Porter Cable plate
> > > jointer.
> > >
> > > I noticed that it is now Type 3. I own a Type 2 what is the
> > > difference? I know about the Type 1 to Type 2, but what changed in
> > > Type 3?
> > >
> > > Bill
Does anyone know how they settled the legal issue with DeWalt that
caused the switch to the intentionally flawed Type II to begin with?
> IIRC the Type 3 makes the fence work more like Type 1 and fixed the fence
> problem that the Type 2 had.
>
>
> "Bill Davis Jr" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > Yesterday I just happened to stop in my local HD. I went walking
> > through the tools department and was looking a the Porter Cable plate
> > jointer.
> >
> > I noticed that it is now Type 3. I own a Type 2 what is the
> > difference? I know about the Type 1 to Type 2, but what changed in
> > Type 3?
> >
> > Bill
IIRC the Type 3 makes the fence work more like Type 1 and fixed the fence
problem that the Type 2 had.
"Bill Davis Jr" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Yesterday I just happened to stop in my local HD. I went walking
> through the tools department and was looking a the Porter Cable plate
> jointer.
>
> I noticed that it is now Type 3. I own a Type 2 what is the
> difference? I know about the Type 1 to Type 2, but what changed in
> Type 3?
>
> Bill
In article <[email protected]>,
"Leon" <[email protected]> wrote:
> I would guess, that they settled that issue with DeWalt by coming out with
> the spur of the moment Type 2. I suspect the Type 3 does not infringe on
> the DeWalt patent.
From everything I've seen and read Leon, you're spot on in both of your
replies.
Linked from Bernie Hunt's site <http://www.huntfamily.com/pc557.cfm> is
the following press release from B&D/DeWalt on the successful outcome of
the infringement suit:
> TOWSON, MD -- The Black & Decker Corporation (NYSE:BDK) announced today that
> it won a patent infringement suit against Porter-Cable Corporation. On March
> 12, 1999, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
> entered and injunction Order that permanently enjoins Porter-Cable
> Corporation from any further manufacture, use, sale, offer for sale or
> importation of its Model 557 plate joiner, its Model 23-557-56FX plate joiner
> and its Model 259939 plate joiner, or any colorable variation of such plate
> joiners.
>
> The injunction followed an earlier federal jury verdict that upheld the
> validity of Black & Decker¹s U.S. Patent No. 4,913,204. The jury also found
> that Porter-Cable had infringed on that patent and awarded Black & Decker
> damages in the amount of $1.05 million.
>
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