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But Mr. Laube never patented the device, while FURminator's founders, who were St.
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Mr. Laube says he owned a company called Lasco that in 1984 sold a "grooming rake" very similar to today's FURminator.
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FURminator sued Mr. Laube's company in 2006 over the pet-grooming patents.
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"Women don't shut down, " said Douglas Laube, a past president of the organization, who has practiced for 37 years and is a supporter of abortion rights.
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"It was important for women to be able to legally ensure their right to make their own decision, " said Laube, who is chairman of Physicians for Reproductive Health Choice.
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Laube is worried by the spread of anti-abortion state laws, but encouraged by the surge of women becoming obstetrician-gynecologists a trend he hopes will ease the shortage of abortion providers.
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"Attaching clipper blades to handles to create grooming tools for hairy animals, and in particular at least horses, has been done since at least 1958, " Mr. Laube's lawyers wrote in an April court filing.
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