New court documents surface in the ongoing dispute
  • papalonian@lemmy.worldEnglish
    351·
    5 months ago

    If you’re making me side with Bambu in a court hearing you must be a pretty shit company.

    • dual_sport_dork 🐧🗡️@lemmy.worldEnglish
      381·
      5 months ago

      Honestly IDGAF about Bambu, but these patents are for technologies clearly used by other manufacturers as well. Stratasys is just picking on Bambu because Bambu is successful, and they’re smelling a payout.

      It is in the best interest of everyone in the hobby – not just manufacturers – that Stratasys loses.

      • finalarbiter@lemmy.worldEnglish
        16·
        5 months ago

        Not a lawyer, but I think it should be pretty straightforward to prove that Stratasys is selectively /inequitably enforcing the patent given the prevalence of PEI build plates and automatic leveling, among other things, long before Bambu released a machine or became popular.

        • MrPibb@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
          15·
          5 months ago

          Ah but there’s the rub. The lack there of of proof and logic is the exact reason Stratasys brought the suit to the Eastern district court of Texas. This is the same court where patent trolls go to win their fairy tale suits based on antiquated and overly broad patents that they purchased from long defunct companies. In the Eastern district court of Texas it’s not what you can prove it’s who do you know. Also known as corruption.

          • finalarbiter@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            5 months ago

            Ah, I forget sometimes that common sense and reasoning isn’t worth shit in a country where people are second-class citizens behind business entities. I can’t even imagine what decent labor and consumer protections look like, let alone fair and responsible IP governance.

  • linearchaos@lemmy.worldEnglish
    26·
    5 months ago

    I wasn’t even aware of the lawsuit I live under a rock.

    For any other rock dwellers: here’s the background.

    Stratasys, the company that invented FDM 3D printing, is currently suing China-based Bambu Lab for patent infringement in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. The dispute is over ten U.S. patents covering technology now common place in desktop 3D printers, such as PEI coated build plates, purge towers and automatic bed leveling.