Intellectual Property, Blockchain & Liability Articles

Don’t believe the hype? Recent 3D printing developments for law and society

This chapter is intended as a follow-up to my monograph, Socio-Legal Aspects of the 3D Printing Revolution, published in mid-2016. . 1 Much of the research and writing for that work had been completed by late 2015 and so I was unable to take account of certain...

3D Printing Ingenuity During Caronavirus Comes With IP Risks

Attorneys say people rushing to 3-D print equipment parts and medical supplies could face patent infringement risk. . Innovators and volunteers are rallying to 3D printing to combat the new coronavirus. But with this ingenuity comes concerns about patent infringement...

Pakistani volunteers 3D-print ventilators, join war against COVID-19

The novel coronavirus is on the prowl across the globe, killing and sickening people by thousands. People in Pakistan are extremely scared. And rightfully so because Pakistan’s dilapidated health care would cave in if the COVID-19 cases surge quickly as has happened...

3D Printing As Indirect Patent Infringement Amid COVID-19

In Italy, a shortage of vital medical equipment has brought together the worlds of patent law and 3D printing. . The equipment, which is apparently patented, is a special valve used in breathing machines that are needed to treat seriously ill COVID-19 patients. In...