3DS Sues Innovative New 3D Printer Company Formlabs

<p><font size=”4″><strong><font size=”5″>3DS Sues Innovative New 3D Printer Company Formlabs & Kickstarter for patent infringement</font></strong><br />
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<p class=”i1″><font size=”4″> ROCK HILL, S.C., December , 2012 — <a href=”http://www.globenewswire.com/newsroom/ctr?d=10013332&l=1&a=3D%20Systems%20Corporation&u=http://www.3dsystems.com/”&gt; 3D Systems Corporation</a> announced today that it has brought suit in the Federal District Court of South Carolina, Rock Hill division, against Formlabs, Inc. of Cambridge, Massachusetts and Kickstarter, Inc. of New York, New York. 3D Systems is seeking injunctive relief and damages for infringement of one of its patents relating to the stereolithography process. </font></p>
<p><font size=”4″>     3D Systems’ complaint asserts that the sale and use of the Form 1 3D printers sold by Formlabs and Kickstarter infringe a U.S. patent relating to stereolithography. Formlabs sold the Form 1 3D printers to backers of its Kickstarter campaign in September and October 2012.</font></p>
<p><font size=”4″>     “3D Systems invented and pioneered the 3D printing technology of stereolithography and has many active patents covering various aspects of the stereolithography process,” said Andrew Johnson, General Counsel of 3D Systems. “Although Formlabs has publicly stated that certain patents have expired, 3D Systems believes the Form 1 3D printer infringes at least one of our patents, and we intend to enforce our patent rights.”</font></p>
<p><font size=”4″><strong>About 3D Systems Corporation</strong></font></p>
<p><font size=”4″>     3D Systems is a leading provider of 3D content-to-print solutions including 3D printers, print materials and on-demand custom parts services for professionals and consumers alike. The company also provides CAD, reverse engineering and inspection software tools and consumer 3D printers, apps and services. Its expertly integrated solutions replace and complement traditional methods and reduce the time and cost of designing new products by printing real parts directly from digital input. These solutions are used to rapidly design, create, communicate, prototype or produce real parts, empowering customers to create and make with confidence.<br />
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3D Systems, one of the big, incumbent 3D printer makers, is suing Formlabs, an innovative new 3D printer company that prints in resin (see <a href=”http://boingboing.net/2012/09/26/form1-a-new-2300-high-resol.html”>previous mentions</a>), for patent infringement. They’ve also named Kickstarter to the suit.</p>
<p><font size=”4″>     More information on the company is available at <a href=”http://www.3dsystems.com/”&gt; http://www.3DSystems.com </a></font></p>
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