This ground-breaking and timely contribution in the field of intellectual property law explores the implications of 3D printing and additive manufacturing in three core jurisdictions: the UK, USA and Australia. Providing in-depth analysis of the current state of affairs, as well as outlining future issues and developments, 3D Printing and Beyond addresses both the challenges and opportunities created by 3D printing. Combining expertise from academia and practice, the original contributions to this book consider the regulation of new, emerging and future technologies and their implications for the legal landscape. The book goes beyond 3D printing and its relationship with intellectual property to the realms of ethics, contracts, socio-legal aspects and economics. Intellectual property academics will greatly benefit from reading this book, as it not only explores the myriad ways in which 3D printing has altered the horizon of intellectual property law, but also offers ideas for areas of future research. Practitioners and policy makers will also benefit from the useful examples and cases used in this book.
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Includes index.
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Preface Introduction - From the maker movement to the 3D printing era: opportunities and challenges 1. IP in a world without scarcity Part I United Kingdom 2. Mind the gap’: From engravings to 3D designs and 3D scans: re-evaluating copyright law in a 3D printing world. 3. Design rights and 3D printing in the UK: Balancing innovation and creativity in a (dis)harmonised and fragmented legal framework. 4. Digital trade mark infringement and 3D printing implications: What does the future hold? 5. 3D printing and patent law – a UK perspective: apt and ready? 6. Transformative technologies and responsive legal scholarship Part II United States of America. 7. 3D printing and US copyright law: implications for software, enforcement and business strategies. 8. Integrating a classic tool for a modern US challenge: US design patents implications for 3D printing. 9. How 3D printing disrupts trade dress protection and resurrects the need for source and quality assurance. 10. Remedies for digital patent infringement: A perspective from USA. 11. How democratized production challenges society’s ability to regulate Part III – Australia 12. Makers Empire: Australian copyright law, 3D printing and the ‘Ideas Boom’. 13. ‘Substantial similarity’ under Australian design law: application to 3D printing. 14. Trade mark controversies in 3D printing: An Australian perspective. 15. The reform challenge: Australian patent law and the emergence of 3D printing. 16. Don’t believe the hype? Recent 3D printing developments for law and society Conclusion: The future of printcrime: intellectual property, innovation law and 3D printing Index