3d Printing and Intellectual Property

Focuses on the novel issues raised for IP law by 3D printing for the major IP systems around the world.

List of contents

Introduction; 1.3D printing technology's capabilities and effects; 2. How 3D printing works and why it matters; 3. Primer on intellectual property law; 4. Can you patent a 3D printable file? (And why it matters); 5. Patents - direct infringement, individual infringement, and 'digital' infringement; 6. Patents - indirect infringement and intermediaries; 7. 3D printing and trademarks: the dissociation between design and manufacturing; 8. Creativity and utility: 3D printable files and the boundary between copyright and patent protection; 9. Design rights, tangibility, and free expression; 10. DMFs and optimizing innovation incentives; Conclusion.

About the author

Lucas S. Osborn is Professor of Law at the Norman A. Wiggins School of Law, Campbell University, North Carolina. He has spoken about the implications of 3D printing on IP at numerous academic conferences and has published seven articles in leading journals on the topic. Since 2014, he has served as an elected member of the Confidentiality Commission for the Organisation for the Prevention of Chemical Weapons, The Hague, the Netherlands.

Product details

• Authors: Lucas S. Osborn
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2019
• EAN: 9781107150775
• ISBN: 978-1-107-15077-5
• No. of pages: 242
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Mercantile and commercial law; LAW / Commercial / General, COMPUTERS / Logic Design, COMPUTERS / Hardware / General, LAW / Intellectual Property / General, LAW / Comparative, LAW / Computer & Internet, computer hardware, comparative law, intellectual property law, Computer architecture & logic design, COMPUTERS / Computer Architecture, Computer architecture and logic design, E-commerce law