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The Machines are here – 3D Printing – A genuine challenge to Intellectual Property laws and rights holders?
Although 3D printing technology has been in existence for several decades, its recent proliferation makes it clear that never before as much as now, has this technology presented as acute a challenge to Intellectual Property (IP) laws and rights holders, and to...
3D Printing and its Implications for the Auto Industry
For as long as cars have existed, three fundamental truths appeared to be eternal. First, every car contains safety critical components, second these components are mostly metal and third, they are manufactured by one of two methods—stamping or cold forming. These...
Unravelling the concept of 3D printing: knowing your rights in India
The challenge faced by IP legislation with respect to 3D printing is that the means of production in cases of 3D printing is decentralised (ie, the manufacturer is typically the end user who can simply download a file, either themselves or via an intermediary, and can...
3D Printing: Adoptability, Assurance, IP and Consumer Concerns
“3D printing is as easy as printing a letter on your desk jet printer on the one hand, and as difficult as setting up a lathe machine on your tabletop on the other. Considering all of the variables, is 3D printing adoptable for the average consumer?” . Conceiving of...
What Is Medical 3D Printing—and How Is it Regulated?
Advances in 3D printing, also called additive manufacturing, are capturing attention in the health care field because of their potential to improve treatment for certain medical conditions. . A radiologist, for instance, might create an exact replica of a patient’s...
How 3D printing could pose a threat to your privacy
3D printing was first employed as a fast and inexpensive way to create prototypes before manufacturing. However, in the past few years, 3D printers have become significantly cheaper and more readily available to the average consumer. These days, users around the world...
Data Gumbo’s blockchain to be used to secure 3D printing of parts
Yesterday industrial blockchain firm Data Gumbo announced a contract with Norway-based deep tech company Fieldmade. The Norwegian company delivers 3D designs so that its defense and energy clients can manufacture parts onsite. . The project aims to leverage Data...
What Are the Legal Issues in 3D Printing?
We know by now that 3D printing has become a disruptive force in the manufacturing technology. While the economics of 3D printing have not quite caught up to more traditional manufacturing processes, the design freedom that it provides and its reliance on purely...
3D printing poses a “grave and growing threat” to people’s privacy
3D printing technology poses a “grave and growing threat” to individual privacy because of the potential for products to reveal private information about individuals, experts have warned. . People could use cameras, laptops or mobile phones to track and trace the...