Bambu Lab has struck a deal with toymaker Pop Mart over the intellectual property dispute of Labubu fan art on its file-sharing site MakerWorld. If not settled, the two companies would have gone to trial in China on April 2. The case could have set a precedent for 3D model sites around the globe. Currently, file-sharing sites in the West, like Printables and Thingiverse, operate under safe harbor rules, which hold the digital platform responsible for the acts of its users.
Bambu Lab published an apology on its official Weibo account, a Chinese social media platform, on March 16. No statement has been made to Western media or on its English-language blog.
