3D Systems, Science Friday: Intellectual Property
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Formlabs Inc., a Massachusetts company that used Kickstarter Inc.’s crowd-sourcing funding platform to raise money to produce three-dimensional printers, was sued for patent infringement by 3D Systems Inc.
According to a complaint filed Nov. 20 in federal court in Rock Hill, South Carolina, Formlabs began a campaign through Kickstarter Sept. 26 with the aim of raising $100,000. Instead, by Oct. 26, Formlabs had been pledged $1,945,885 by 2,068 backers, some of whom pledged as little as $5.00.