Originally shared by Anna Kaziunas France Another detailed post from Michael Weinberg  on the

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Originally shared by Anna Kaziunas France

Another detailed post from @Michael_Weinberg on the current #3DPWars: Afinia Responds to Stratasys: Your Patents Are Invalid and Your Threats are Anti-Competitive: Private Site via @MAKE1

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Thank you Afinia. Way to stand up to the Makerbot bullies!!

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Will this impact open/community development of 3D printing?

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For pure development? No. (Disclaimer: I Am Not A Lawyer) The patent system allows for R&D.

The moment you start to use a (still active) patented technology (that you built yourself; using an Afinia machine wouldn’t automatically put you at risk if Stratasys should happen to be successful) for production purposes like printing off RepRap parts for sale or to sell such patent-encumbered devices then you would risk becoming a target.

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Thing is if Stratasys have infringed on somebody’s else patent which seems to be the case it could get rather interesting.