The implications of intellectual property in 3D printing have been outlined in two documents created for the UK government by Bournemouth University’s Dinusha Mendis and Davide Secchi, and Phil Reeves of Econolyst Ltd.
The reports, commissioned by the UK Intellectual Property Office, provide an assessment of 3d printing with the aim being to determine whether the emerging technology will have an impact on intellectual property law.
The study found that with 3D printing in its infancy, there is no urgency to legislate at present as it is not a ‘mass phenomenon’ yet. However, the documents outlined that it is important to address the intellectual property (IP) issues arising in this area in order to create a climate better suited to tackling IP issues more successfully.
Phil Reeves of Econolyst Ltd emphasised the point by stating, “3D Printing and associated technologies like 3D scanning have great potential for businesses around the world, but particularly in high cost economies such as the UK. For industry to exploit 3D printing it is vital that the IP landscape is fully understood and respected.”
Dinusha Mendis, Co-Director of the Centre for Intellectual Property Policy and Management at Bournemouth University and Principal Investigator of the project, said, “the 3D printing market for hardware, software and materials does not represent good value for money for the average user at present. Bearing this in mind, it can be concluded that the impact of the technology will not be felt among the general public for a few years to come.
“Although it is too early to tell when this will happen, our research concluded that there would really need to be evidence that 3D printing is an everyday reality before legislation is needed. Otherwise there is the danger that over-hasty legislation could stifle creativity and innovation.
The reports did make some important recommendations to government, the industry and intermediaries (online platforms) about how to regulate 3D printing without resorting to legislation . . .
Read more: Intellectual Property in 3D printing
The Latest on: Intellectual Property in 3D printing
[google_news title=”” keyword=”Intellectual Property in 3D printing” num_posts=”10″ blurb_length=”0″ show_thumb=”left”]
via Google News
The Latest on: Intellectual Property in 3D printing
- Stratasys (SSYS) Forms Advisory Board for Additive Manufacturingon March 28, 2024 at 5:01 am
Stratasys SSYS has introduced a new Industrial Customer Advisory Board to enhance collaboration with customers and gather valuable insights in the additive manufacturing field. This move aims to ...
- Würth Additive Group launches Digital Inventory Services for secure distribution of IPon March 20, 2024 at 5:41 am
Würth Additive Group has introduced its Digital Inventory Services inventory management product as it bids to enable the secure transmission of intellectual property (IP) to different locations ...
- Redwire Corp (RDW) Reports Significant Improvement in 2023 Financial Resultson March 14, 2024 at 3:31 pm
Revenue Growth: Full year 2023 revenues increased by 51.9% to $243.8 million. Net Loss Improvement: Net loss for the full year 2023 improved by $103.4 million to $ (27.3) million. Adjusted EBITDA: ...
- AI Empowers 3D Printing Revolutionon March 13, 2024 at 8:26 pm
Additionally, ethical concerns, including algorithmic bias, data privacy, and intellectual property rights, demand attention to cultivate trust and accountability in AI-driven 3D printing ecosystems.
- 3D Printing and Intellectual Propertyon June 24, 2023 at 1:46 pm
Intellectual property (IP) laws were drafted for tangible objects, but 3D printing technology, which digitizes objects and offers manufacturing capacity to anyone, is disrupting these laws and their ...
- Frank Stella’s New NFTs Come With The Right To Print His Arton September 22, 2022 at 5:45 am
Purchase also comes with the right to 3D print the Geometry — presumably ... It represents the intellectual property rights interests of more than 122,000 painters, sculptors, photographers ...
- Employees of Stroudsburg-Pocono Airport upset about possible airport closure following sale of property to 3D printing companyon February 5, 2022 at 3:59 pm
Records show that part of the property was last sold to 3D Printing company Black Buffalo in January for triple the amount of what it was sold for in 2017. Township meeting minutes from October ...
- 3D Printing Damascus-like Steelon July 1, 2020 at 5:07 pm
a group of scientists at the Max Planck institute have been working to create a material with similar properties through 3D printing. The technology used is based on the laser sintering of metal ...
- Intellectual Property and the Construction of Authorshipon August 3, 2019 at 3:00 pm
We will examine the emergence and consolidation of this idea in the context of some of the technologies, institutions, and practices that have fostered and been fostered by it, such as printing and ...
- Why 3D Printing Is Going to Need Blockchainon February 19, 2019 at 4:00 pm
3D-printing moves through several stages ... a point of vulnerability in which a 3D print can be corrupted or even stolen, putting company's intellectual property at risk. “The digital thread of ...
via Bing News