Why is Open Source Hardware Not Working for 3D Printers?
FAB25 in Brno and Prague raises the question of how we “support and protect” open innovation.
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Oakland’s Open Insulin Project Aims to Disrupt Diabetes
Medical patents typically last 20 years, but because of minor yet regular advancements to the insulin production process, these patents have been maintained for nearly a century. Biohackers working on the Open Insulin Project are now working to come up with their own protocol to create the compound that diabetics have relied on since 1922. […]
Exploring the History of Great Ideas with Make: Inventions
We revisit the wonderful Make: Inventions video series with Steve Hoefer
Inventing a Better Mousetrap, a History of American Patent Models
A new book from Make: exploring the history of early American invention through its patent models
Tesla is Giving Away its Patents
Tesla Motors will no longer enforce any of its patents against anyone who wants to create electric cars.
Afinia Responds to Stratasys II: You Failed To Disclose Old Patents, Printers
Today, Afinia took another big shot at Stratasysโ 3D printing patents. In its amended response, Afinia attempted to bolster its claim in three ways: with further evidence that Stratasys was using its patents to monopolize the market, with evidence that Stratasys failed to show the Patent Office one of its own patents that undermined the novelty of a new patent it was applying for, and with evidence that Stratasys failed to show Patent Office one of its own printers that undermined the novelty of another new patent it was applying for.
Afinia Responds to Stratasys: Your Patents Are Invalid and Your Threats are Anti-Competitive
Afinia challenges the validity of all four of the patents that Stratasys accuses them of infringing.
