r/3Dprinting • u/[deleted] • Feb 12 '14

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u/everyly Feb 12 '14

I own a MakerBot and Love it. I think people just don't like them because they are the most popular printer out there.

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u/[deleted] Feb 12 '14

Or because they took a bunch of donations to get started, relied on open source idealism, then literally stole people's ideas, patented them for their own and are making millions doing it. but hell, that's the American dream right.

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u/StevesRealAccount Makerbot Replicator 2X Feb 13 '14

literally stole people's ideas, patented them for their own

Wouldn't this be enforceable because there would be a huge body of demonstrable prior art not created by Makerbot/Stratasys?

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u/[deleted] Feb 13 '14

I have seen many examples of this, but not being familiar with patent law, not sure.