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3D printing: A sui generis right for the convergent technology

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dc.creator Griffin, JGH
dc.date 2018-11-21T16:25:15Z
dc.date 2019-02-04
dc.date.accessioned 2022-05-27T01:02:28Z
dc.date.available 2022-05-27T01:02:28Z
dc.identifier Vol. 2019 (1), pp. 25-42.
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10871/34853
dc.identifier Intellectual Property Quarterly
dc.identifier.uri http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/241894
dc.description  This is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available online from Westlaw.
dc.description 3D printing poses a challenge to traditional IP protection because of the nature of the technological convergence inherent within it. Technological convergence exists where a product takes on new roles, in the same way that a mobile phone is now capable of taking photos and playing video. This can lead to convergence within legal regulation as well; i.e. combining telephonic regulation with privacy and copyright.13D printing poses a significant challenge due to the amount of legal convergence. A 3D printed product may be regulated by copyright, patent, trade marks, passing off, design rights (both registered and unregistered), contract law, among other areas. Ultimately, 3D printing raises the issue of how law and regulation should deal with the situation where technologies converge, causing laws to overlap and conflict. This paper argues that in this situation, a new type of right should be introduced to harmonise existing law.
dc.language en
dc.publisher Sweet and Maxwell
dc.rights © 2019 Sweet & Maxwell and its Contributors.
dc.rights 2020-02-04
dc.rights Under embargo until 04 February 2020 in compliance with publisher policy. 
dc.subject convergence
dc.subject copyright
dc.subject patent
dc.subject trade marks
dc.subject 3D printing
dc.title 3D printing: A sui generis right for the convergent technology
dc.type Article


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