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The multiple dimensions of intellectual property infringement in the 3D printing era

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posted on 2023-05-19, 05:58 authored by Jane NielsenJane Nielsen, Johnathon LiddicoatJohnathon Liddicoat
3D printing is a technology that has the potential to revolutionise manufacturing as we know it. While 3D printing is becoming mainstream, few consumers of printing services have the capacity to undertake their own printing. Around the technology, a service industry is burgeoning, as consumers increasingly seek to explore what the technology has to offer via printing studios. This article explores the intellectual property (IP) implications of the services offered by these providers as 3D printing apparently increases the capacity of ordinary consumers to infringe IP rights under multiple regimes. As such, the primary aim of this article is to consider whether the perception of legal risk possessed by stakeholders operating in this space necessarily aligns with actual legal risk. It does so by exploring the results of a study conducted in respect of 3D printing studios, and aligning this with the legal issues that may emerge in the context of patent, copyright and designs under Australian law.

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Publication title

Australian Intellectual Property Journal

Volume

27

Issue

4

Pagination

184-208

ISSN

1038-1635

Department/School

Faculty of Law

Publisher

Thompson Reuters

Place of publication

Australia

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© Elsevier Inc. – All Rights Reserved.

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