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Stratasys sues Bambu Lab over patents used widely by consumer 3D printers (arstechnica.com)

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Heated platforms and purge towers are among Stratasys' infringement claims.

Case files: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.txed.232140/gov.uscourts.txed.232140.1.0.pdf, https://insight.rpxcorp.com/litigation_documents/15797606

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[–] remotelove@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 months ago

Prusa should have been a target long ago and I am surprised they haven't been sued. Or, they have been sued and just reached an agreement that I missed.

Speaking of which, the code to generate a purge tower is in the slicer, which is just sent to the printer via g-code. Bambu used Prusa Slicer as their base for Bambu Studio and likely didn't change much code for the tower itself. That is what is making this weird for me.

But yeah, the technical details probably don't matter much and it's just an attempt to get Bambu to cave and pay royalties.