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Palomides
4 months ago
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Open hardware desktop 3D printing is dead?
>schematic that I could download that way wouldn't be affected by patents, as long as I'm not selling it
not true, there's no personal use exemption for patents
RobotToaster
4 months ago
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There effectively is a common law exemption
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Research_exemption
Palomides
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the research exemption, at least in the us, is /very/ limited
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not true, there's no personal use exemption for patents