{"id":70020,"date":"2019-07-29T14:34:33","date_gmt":"2019-07-29T06:34:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/aerospace\/3d-systems-formlabs-find-resolution.3dm"},"modified":"2019-07-29T14:34:33","modified_gmt":"2019-07-29T06:34:33","slug":"3d-systems-formlabs-find-resolution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/3d-systems-formlabs-find-resolution\/","title":{"rendered":"3D Systems &#038; Formlabs Find Resolution"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"dpsp-content-top\" class=\"dpsp-content-wrapper dpsp-shape-rectangular dpsp-size-medium dpsp-has-spacing dpsp-has-buttons-count dpsp-show-on-mobile dpsp-button-style-1\">\n<ul class=\"dpsp-networks-btns-wrapper dpsp-networks-btns-content dpsp-networks-btns-share dpsp-column-auto\">\n<li><span class=\"dpsp-network-icon\"><\/span><span class=\"dpsp-network-label-wrapper\"><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"dpsp-network-icon\"><\/span><span class=\"dpsp-network-label-wrapper\"><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"dpsp-network-icon\"><\/span><span class=\"dpsp-network-label-wrapper\"><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"dpsp-network-icon\"><\/span><span class=\"dpsp-network-label-wrapper\"><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>When I am confronted by 3D printing news that involves legal disputes, it is usually accompanied by a sinking feeling and a brief time spent pondering human nature. On this occasion, however, it\u2019s given me a lift on this frosty Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n<p>So it turns out that yesterday, lawyers for both 3D Systems and Formlabs, were in court settling the long-running dispute between the two companies focused on the infringement, or otherwise, of 3D Systems\u2019 stereolithography (SLA) 3D printing process. You have to go back to September 2012 for the beginning of the story, when, in the September of that year, Formlabs launched what it billed as the first truly high-resolution, low-cost 3D printer. I remember it well, the news broke during the TCT show, and I was running around like a mad woman, while also on the phone to Formlabs. Just under two months and a very successful Kickstarter campaign later, towards the end of November that year, 3D Systems filed a lawsuit against Formlabs claiming infringement of a still active US patent relating to SLA.<\/p>\n<p>In a litigious world of commerce, this one has been bubbling under the surface, but rarely surfaced in the headlines over the proceeding two years. Everyone knew it was \u201congoing\u201d but apart from a few whispers and \u201cno comments\u201d from the companies themselves it\u2019s stayed below the surface. I do remember asking Cathy Lewis at Euromold in December 2012 about it. She wouldn\u2019t\/couldn\u2019t go into detail, but one comment she made at that time did stick with me. I can\u2019t quote her directly due to the passing of time, but it was along the lines of \u2018we\u2019re not out to destroy them, but we need to talk to them.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Now it seems the talking is all done and they have come to an undisclosed settlement, and \u201cresolved the matters between them.\u201d No telling if both sides are happy, without details one can only speculate what that resolution involves. It may come out in the coming weeks or months, or both sides may remain tight-lipped.<\/p>\n<p>But, overall, good news that it is over.<\/p>\n<p>Now Stratasys and Afinia just need to sort themselves out too. That IS still ongoing, at least according to David Reis when I asked him about it last week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I am confronted by 3D printing news that involves legal disputes, it is usually accompanied by a sinking feeling and a brief time spent pondering human nature. 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