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    Quote Originally Posted by Marcus View Post
    Also be aware of patents and regulations that may cause big trouble for a small business, depending on the country you are in / selling to.
    Does this pertain to FFF 3d printers?

    I thought that the patents were only a potential problem if you started dabbling in SLS metal printing, or if you sold printers with actively heated chambers. Even then, the big commercial printer companies like 3D Systems and Stratasys likely will not bother to sue you unless you start making boatloads of cash. The Kuehling&Kuehling RepRap Industrial printer has an actively heated chamber which seems to step all over the Stratasys patents, yet they have not experienced any legal trouble. I assume that Stratasys is aware of their printer but does not bother to sue the Kuehling brothers because a lawsuit would not be worth the trouble.

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