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 More options Oct 13 2012, 8:18 am
From: Triggerdog <trigger...@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2012 05:18:59 -0700 (PDT)
Local: Sat, Oct 13 2012 8:18 am
Subject: Re: Is it time to buy a 3D Printer ?
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Interesting news.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/10/12/myhrvold_patent_3d_printing/

From Wikipedia a bit of info on the company "Intellectual Ventures"

*Intellectual Ventures* is a private company notable for being one of the
top-five owners of U.S. patents, as of 2011.[1]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellectual_Ventures#cite_note-0>Its business model has a focus on developing a large patent
portfolio <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patent_portfolio> and licensing
these patents to companies. Publicly, it states that a major goal is to
assist small inventors against corporations. In practice, much of their
revenue[*citation needed<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed>
*] comes from licensing patents from other corporations and then filing
lawsuits for infringement of patents, a controversial practice known as patent
trolling <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patent_trolling>.

On Saturday, October 13, 2012 6:01:03 AM UTC-4, Triggerdog wrote:

> I just saw that the Makerbot Replicator 2 is shipping,  I was wondering if
> it is time to just buy a 3D printer and make things or is all the time
> building one worth it?  I did want to make things with it after all;-)

> Not to long ago if you wanted one you had to build it (or buy a $20K
> Dimension).

> Now I am not so sure.  

> I need a 3D printer buyers guide but one's I've come across are not
> current enough.  

> Anybody that has a comment or can point me to useful info would be great.

> Lee


 
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