{"id":303,"date":"2012-02-02T06:00:50","date_gmt":"2012-02-02T11:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/?p=303"},"modified":"2012-01-31T08:49:44","modified_gmt":"2012-01-31T13:49:44","slug":"karbon-arms-touts-court-victory-over-taser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/?p=303","title":{"rendered":"Karbon Arms Touts Court Victory over Taser"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/KarbonMPID.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-304\" title=\"KarbonMPID\" src=\"http:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/KarbonMPID.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2970\" height=\"2178\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/KarbonMPID.jpg 2970w, https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/KarbonMPID-300x220.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/KarbonMPID-1024x750.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2970px) 100vw, 2970px\" \/><\/a>In a press release on 1\/30\/2012, <a title=\"BlueSheepdog Article\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bluesheepdog.com\/2011\/05\/09\/karbon-arms-alternative-to-taser\/\">Karbon Arms<\/a>, a Tampa, FL based manufacturer of electronic control devices (ECD), sent out a press release detailing what they described as a victory over Taser International&#8217;s &#8220;unethical behavior.&#8221;\u00a0 Read the details below.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div id=\"opaFixedPanel\">\n<div id=\"freqCap_fixedpanel\">\n<div id=\"fixedpanelContainer\">\n<div><noscript><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ad.doubleclick.net\/jump\/us.reuters\/bizfinance\/stocks\/article;type=fixedpanel;sz=1x1;articleID=US144530+25-Jan-2012+BW20120125;taga=aaaaaaaaa;ord=3510?\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ad.doubleclick.net\/ad\/us.reuters\/bizfinance\/stocks\/article;type=fixedpanel;sz=1x1;articleID=US144530+25-Jan-2012+BW20120125;taga=aaaaaaaaa;ord=3510?\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"><br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<\/noscript><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p>Karbon Arms, a leader in electronic immobilization technology prevailed        in the U.S. District Court. In the court filing, Taser International        (NASDAQ: TASR) falsely accused Karbon Arms of violating a court ordered        injunction. Karbon was vindicated of the baseless allegation by Rick        Smith, Taser\u2019s CEO, that Karbon is \u201cseeking to evade the Court&#8217;s        injunction through subversive means.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the hearing to determine whether Karbon Arms is selling an infringing        version of the Stinger Systems S-200 Judge James A. Teilborg ruled that        the circuitry and operation of the devices are \u201cunquestionably\u201d        different. As a result, the Court found that Taser has failed to prove        that the Karbon MPID is not more than \u201ccolorably different\u201d from the        circuit in question. The injunction <!--more-->against Karbon is the result of the        assets purchased from Stinger Systems by outbidding Taser in August 2010.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to this victory, in December 2011, the U.S. Patent Office        completed a re-examination of Karbon\u2019s patent number 7,778,005 and found        in favor of Karbon Arms. Taser requested this re-examination in May        2011. Karbon Arms\u2019 CEO Robert Gruder stated, \u201cThese successful outcomes        are proof that Karbon is prepared to defeat Taser\u2019s relentless attacks        and attempts to corner the Electronic Immobilization Device market.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Matthew Pliskin, President of Karbon Arms, stated, \u201cWe are enjoying the        momentum on both the legal and marketing fronts. This is an exciting        time for Karbon Arms.\u201d In response to Taser\u2019s October 24, 2011 press        release he added, \u201cI am disappointed by Taser\u2019s unethical behavior and        mischaracterization of Bob Gruder. He has worked tirelessly to produce a        competitive product that exceeds the expectations of the marketplace.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Robert Gruder continued, \u201cTaser has done everything in their power to        prevent us from entering the marketplace. We will continue to bring our        superior products to compete head to head with their offering. We hope        the law enforcement community will now clearly see Taser\u2019s strategy. My        message to Taser International and to Rick Smith is to focus on making a        product that can be competitive with the Karbon MPID and you can save        your shareholders lots of attorney\u2019s fees.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a press release on 1\/30\/2012, Karbon Arms, a Tampa, FL based manufacturer of electronic control devices (ECD), sent out a press release detailing what they described as a victory over Taser International&#8217;s &#8220;unethical behavior.&#8221;\u00a0 Read the details below. Karbon Arms, a leader in electronic immobilization technology prevailed in the U.S. District Court. In the court filing, Taser International (NASDAQ: TASR) falsely accused Karbon Arms of violating a court ordered injunction. Karbon was vindicated of the baseless allegation by Rick Smith, Taser\u2019s CEO, that Karbon is \u201cseeking to evade the Court&#8217;s injunction through subversive means.\u201d In the hearing to determine whether Karbon Arms is selling an infringing version of the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/?p=303\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5,15],"tags":[35,36,17],"class_list":["post-303","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-legal","category-taser","tag-karbon-arms","tag-legal-2","tag-taser-2"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p28xkp-4T","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=303"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":350,"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303\/revisions\/350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}