looking at bills in Oregon and elsewhere while trying to figure out what the new laws actually mean for repair shops around the US. We also explain why parts pairing exists — why companies are digitally attaching parts to one another so that you can’t just attach one iPhone screen to ano...
New York passed a right-to-repair law last year, but it went into effect with amendments that introduced OEM-friendly loopholes. Meanwhile, other states, including Minnesota and Colorado, have been more successful recently in passing right-to-repair laws of their own. You can catch up on all...
The FTC is moving toward writing new rules targeting the restrictions. On Wednesday, the five FTC commissioners unanimously adopted a policy statement supporting the "right to repair" that pledges beefed-up enforcement efforts and could open the way to new regulations. "These types of [repair] re...
He said a "Right to Repair" law would do more than simply allow consumers to have their electronic products serviced anywhere without voiding a warranty. "It would in many of these state bills require the company to provide the actual parts that they need and also the software, instructions ...
It also requires third-party repair shops to disclose the use of nongenuine or used parts before making any repair. The law may reduce electronic waste by making self-repairs or third-party repairs more accessible but may also do some harm. First, companies cannot p...
The right-to-repair movement has become the leading edge of a pushback against growing corporate power. Intellectual property protections, whether patents on farm equipment, crops, computers or cellphones, have become more intense in recent decades and cover more territory, giving companies mo...
The Right to Equitable and Professional Auto Industry Repair Act, known as the REPAIR Act, is entirely unnecessary, writes an Automotive News reader in a letter to the editor.
Tweet A federal district court has rejected the National Farmers Union’s suit seeking to force EPA to ensure that equipment maker John Deere is following Clean Air Act (CAA) mandates to furnish information regarding the repair and maintenance of emissions control systems on its vehicles, dismis...
the need for identification and argumentation for different formulations of “repair” and how these may impact the implementation of a right going forward; the need for identification of the reasoning behind disparities in governmental approaches to the right to repair; and the need to practically ...
That accelerated the “right to repair” movement, a piece of proposed US legislation that required companies to provide the parts, tools and software to extend the lives of their products. Google announced its new commitment to smartphones after being pressured to make a similar move for its ...