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3D Printing and the Law
While there is expected to be continued significant industrial adoption of 3D printing now that the initial hype has died down, its use at home is largely unregulated. One of the key issues that surrounds any emerging technology is its capacity to outpace legislation....
3D Metal Printing Revolutionized With New Technology
Selective LED-based melting (SLEDM) — i.e. the targeted melting of metal powder using high-power LED light sources — is the name of the new technology that a team led by Franz Haas, head of the Institute of Production Engineering at TU Graz, has developed for 3D metal...
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...
3D firms step up to fill supply chain shortages
As the coronavirus outbreak spreads globally, 3D printing firms have been stepping in to help fill the need for everything from respirator parts to touch-free door handles. . The moves come as governments call on companies to shut down most non-essential...
Coronavirus: How Blockchain, AI, And 3D Printing Can Help Solve Supply Crisis
What seemed like science fiction a few short weeks ago is now very real. Movies such as Outbreak , Contagion and Virus are looking more like documentaries every day. . As we battle COVID-19, a major issue that will only increase is disruption to supply chains. This...
Coronavirus: How AI, 3D printing and blockchain can help overcome supply problems in a crisis
What seemed like science fiction a few short weeks ago is now very real. Movies such as Outbreak , Contagion and Virus are looking more like documentaries every day. . As we battle COVID-19, a major issue that will only increase is disruption to supply chains. This...