Bambu Lab 3D printer patent verdict
The gist
A Texas jury awarded Stratasys about $27.6 million after finding Bambu Lab willfully infringed four 3D printing patents.
No injunction has been issued, so Bambu printers stay on sale while it appeals.
How it unfolded
- 1989Stratasys co-founder Scott Crump held US5121329, filed for the 'Apparatus and Method for Creating Three-Dimensional Objects'.
- 2009That patent expired, opening the doors to consumer 3D printing.
- May 2022The X1, Bambu Lab's first 3D printer, launched.