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  <title>Company Sues Kickstarter Over 3D Printer Patent, Maligns 'Hackers And Makers'</title>
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  <description>&lt;span&gt;Company Sues Kickstarter Over 3D Printer Patent, Maligns 'Hackers And Makers'&lt;/span&gt;

            &lt;div&gt;  &lt;a href="https://news.hitb.org/content/company-sues-kickstarter-over-3d-printer-patent-maligns-hackers-and-makers" hreflang="en"&gt;&lt;img loading="lazy" src="https://news.hitb.org/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/field/image/bLz3I.png?itok=gL_nhjJY" width="220" height="165" alt="http://i.imgur.com/bLz3I.png" title="Credit: Tech Dirt" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
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            &lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;We've been pointing out for a while that one of the reasons why advancements in 3D printing have been relatively slow is because of patents holding back the market. However, a bunch of key patents have started expiring, leading to new opportunities. One, in particular, that has received a fair bit of attention was the Formlabs 3D printer, which raised nearly $3 million on Kickstarter earlier this year. It got a ton of well-deserved attention for being one of the first "low end" (sub ~$3,000) 3D printers with very impressive quality levels. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span&gt;Thu, 11/22/2012 - 06:37&lt;/span&gt;
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  <pubDate>Thu, 22 Nov 2012 06:37:09 +0000</pubDate>
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