On January 10th, a federal judge in Delaware awarded nearly $2.4 million to Taser International in a patent lawsuit. The award was the final decision in a court battle with Karbon Arms, Taser’s last standing competitor in the industry focused on selling electroshock weapons to police. Taser claims to supply electroshock guns — the stunners known as Tasers in the same way that tissues are known as Kleenexes — to about 16,500 of the 19,000 police departments in the US. So it’s surprising that Taser even had a competitor, let alone one it needed to stand off against in court.
As it turns out, this battle has been ongoing in various forms for a decade. The judge’s award earlier this month was a debilitating blast to an already...
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