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Nov 24, 2014
Sarah Barry, Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti P.C., USA
Victor A. Cardona, Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti P.C., USA

Using 3D Printing to "e-NABLE the Future"


Sarah Barry, Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti P.C., USA, Victor A. Cardona, Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti P.C., USA3D printing, a rapidly growing technology that transforms computer-aided designs into tangible, functional three-dimensional products, presents almost unlimited possibilities to consumers but also presents countless intricate intellectual property questions to attorneys and innovators. e-NABLE uses crowdsourcing to design, share, and produce prosthetic hands for children using 3-D printing. Even such a worthy cause presents weighty questions for the use of this technology in view of others’ rights.
Who owns a final 3D-printed product? Does the person who created the computer-aided design have any rights to it? What about the person who owns the printer? Can either the computer-aided design or the final 3D-printed product receive intellectual property protection? If so, will such protection be available under patent, trademark, trade dress, copyright, and/or trade secret law?
A patent permits the patent owner to exclude others from making or selling the patented invention during the term of the  read more