What is AKTIs position on knife intellectual property?
AKTI’s goal is to unify the knife and tool industry and to ask individuals and companies to lay aside their narrow competitive differences for the long-term benefit of the entire industry. AKTI will not judge the merits of ongoing legal disputes within the industry. What’s in it for me? Why should I join AKTI? AKTI provides a number of member services consistent with its available resources that are designed to educate knife owners, the law enforcement community and lawmakers on knife ownership and knife rights. AKTI published a brochure on “Knife Laws” in America; published a brochure for young people and their parents on knife safety and the ownership of My First Knife subscribes to StateNet, a service monitoring pending legislation in all 50 states; successfully negotiated with the California District Attorneys Association in 2000 to prevent one-handed knives with a bias toward closure from being considered switchblades under California law. California is a large market with million
