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No surprises really. Bambu was clearly a commercial/proprietary enterprise. A lot of their employees come from DJI, which is equally locked down. The only reason they released their slicer software is because of the GPL (hey, it works!).
Why does this suddenly make sense with the proprietary hotends and other magic...
https://blog.prusa3d.com/the-state-of-open-source-in-3d-prin...
It's worth noting that in 2022, Prusa had 0 patents assigned to them.
https://www.fabbaloo.com/news/which-3d-print-company-has-the...
I looked through the list and only one of the patents is granted outside China (and, at a glance, appears to be novel): https://patents.google.com/patent/CN113246473A/en P.S. I have no idea what patent practices are like in China.
Maybe we should propose legislation for an IP black hole list. If too many of a company's patents are invalidated, the company loses the ability to create or hold patents.
Maybe we should propose legislation for an IP black hole list. If too many of a company's patents are invalidated, the company loses the ability to create or hold patents.
Start another company, continue.Good luck untangling double dutch sandwiches. Nothing but monetary punishment works, unless you're willing to jail executives.
I looked through the list and only one of the patents is granted outside China (and, at a glance, appears to be novel): https://patents.google.com/patent/CN113246473A/en P.S. I have no idea what patent practices are like in China.
Maybe we should propose legislation for an IP black hole list. If too many of a company's patents are invalidated, the company loses the ability to create or hold patents.
Start another company, continue.Good luck untangling double dutch sandwiches. Nothing but monetary punishment works, unless you're willing to jail executives.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Start another company, continue.Good luck untangling double dutch sandwiches. Nothing but monetary punishment works, unless you're willing to jail executives.
Patents have to be issued in the name of people (although they can ultimately be assigned to companies). So you could institute some kind of ban for 10 years or something if too many of the person's patent applications turn out to be total BS.