Right To Repair Proponents Gearing Up To Fight In State Legislatures Again

Groups advocating to force medtech manufacturers to provide tools and manuals to service their products are renewing efforts in state legislatures despite recent losses.

Right to repair advocates are pushing for a bill in the Pennsylvania legislature that would force medtech companies to share manuals and tools to service their products
Right to repair advocates are pushing for a bill in the Pennsylvania legislature that would force medtech companies to share manuals and tools to service their products • Source: Alamy

Right to repair proponents are gearing up for another year of legislative battles to push through bills that would force medtech manufacturers to give third parties the ability to service their products.

Advocates admit it’s an outsized fight, casting themselves as “David versus Goliath,” but they aim to pass bills in states like Pennsylvania and California that they hope will have a...

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