Honestly IDGAF about Bambu, but these patents are for technologies clearly used by other manufacturers as well. Stratasys is just picking on Bambu because Bambu is successful, and theyāre smelling a payout.
It is in the best interest of everyone in the hobby ā not just manufacturers ā that Stratasys loses.
Not a lawyer, but I think it should be pretty straightforward to prove that Stratasys is selectively /inequitably enforcing the patent given the prevalence of PEI build plates and automatic leveling, among other things, long before Bambu released a machine or became popular.
Bambu Lab was founded in 2020. Prusa, Creality and a whole bunch of other companies have been āviolatingā these patents long before Bambu even existed. Either this gets thrown out of court, or Stratasys will be able to sue quite literally every 3D printer manufacturer that exists for compensation.
Not to mention the patent for heated build platforms wasnāt filed for something like 4 years after the first heated bed was put to use. Stratasys only has the patent because that bought the company that filed it last year.
Also the heated bed was first put to use in 2010 as a way around the stratasys patent on heated build chambers, they never even thought to heat only the best.
