3D Printing: A new round in the battle between Technology and Intellectual Property Rights

 
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2016 (EN)

3D Printing: A new round in the battle between Technology and Intellectual Property Rights

Christidou, Anna

Abstract ! This!dissertation!was!written!as!part!of!the!MA!in!Ar t,!Law!and!Economy!at!the! Inter national!Hellenic!University.! ! 3D!printing!nowadays!bear s!a!resemblance!to!the!personal!computer!revol uO tion,! main ly! due! to! its! quite! affordable! home! versions! compared! to! the! technology! used.! That! encompasses! the! link! between! copyright! and! digital! rights,! which! began! concerning!the!legal!community!initially!as!r egards!movies,!music!and!photos.!The!o nO going!devel opment!of!3D!printing!technologies!and!services!radically!affects!intellect uO al!property!rights!worldwide,!regardless!of!local!legal!regimes.! ! 3D!printing!is!a!hot!topic,!especially!considering!that!the!rece nt!developments! in!the!related!technology!have!enabled!the!printing!of!physical!objects!by!consumers,! which!may!easily!lead!to!mass O production.!Of!course,!such!hypothetic!developments! do!also!involve!infringements!in!almost!all!types!of!IPRs. ! This! paper! ex plores! the! most! interesting! parts! of! the! Intellectual! Property! frameworks!in!the!EU,!UK!and!US!as!regards!the!use!of!3D!printing!technology;!it!fu rO ther!examines!various!issues!that!concern!such!use!and!finally!concludes!with!some ! recommenda tions,! such! as! f or! instance! the! need! for! introducing! different! business! models.

masterThesis

Copyright
Technological innovations--Law and legislation
Infringement
Intellectual property--Law and legislation
Business models
Three-dimensional printing
IPRs
3D printing/scanning


English

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2016-02-12T01:00:15Z
2016-02-11


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