Book contents
- 3D Printing and Intellectual Property
- Reviews
- 3D Printing and Intellectual Property
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 3D Printing Technology’s Capabilities and Effects
- 2 How 3D Printing Works and Why it Matters
- 3 Primer on Intellectual Property Law
- 4 Can You Patent a 3D Printable File? (and Why it Matters)
- 5 Patents – Direct Infringement, Individual Infringement, and “Digital” Infringement
- 6 Patents – Indirect Infringement and Intermediaries
- 7 3D Printing and Trademarks: The Dissociation Between Design and Manufacturing
- 8 Creativity and Utility: 3D Printable Files and the Boundary Between Copyright and Patent Protection
- A. U.S. Law: DMFs Are Not a Separate Category of Copyrightable “Works,” and Whether Files Are “Useful Articles” Is Irrelevant
- B. U.S. Law: Pictorial Works and DMFs of Utilitarian Objects – The Boundary Between Copyright and Patent Protection
- C. Outside the United States: DMFs of Utilitarian Objects
- D. DMFs as Literary Works
- E. Ancillary Comments or Images Embedded in DMFs – Appending Copyright Protection?
- F. Conclusion
- Chapter Outline:
- 9 Design Rights, Tangibility, and Free Expression
- 10 DMFs and Optimizing Innovation Incentives
- Conclusion
- Index
Chapter Outline:
from 8 - Creativity and Utility: 3D Printable Files and the Boundary Between Copyright and Patent Protection
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 July 2019
Book contents
- 3D Printing and Intellectual Property
- Reviews
- 3D Printing and Intellectual Property
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 3D Printing Technology’s Capabilities and Effects
- 2 How 3D Printing Works and Why it Matters
- 3 Primer on Intellectual Property Law
- 4 Can You Patent a 3D Printable File? (and Why it Matters)
- 5 Patents – Direct Infringement, Individual Infringement, and “Digital” Infringement
- 6 Patents – Indirect Infringement and Intermediaries
- 7 3D Printing and Trademarks: The Dissociation Between Design and Manufacturing
- 8 Creativity and Utility: 3D Printable Files and the Boundary Between Copyright and Patent Protection
- A. U.S. Law: DMFs Are Not a Separate Category of Copyrightable “Works,” and Whether Files Are “Useful Articles” Is Irrelevant
- B. U.S. Law: Pictorial Works and DMFs of Utilitarian Objects – The Boundary Between Copyright and Patent Protection
- C. Outside the United States: DMFs of Utilitarian Objects
- D. DMFs as Literary Works
- E. Ancillary Comments or Images Embedded in DMFs – Appending Copyright Protection?
- F. Conclusion
- Chapter Outline:
- 9 Design Rights, Tangibility, and Free Expression
- 10 DMFs and Optimizing Innovation Incentives
- Conclusion
- Index
- Type
- Chapter
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- 3D Printing and Intellectual Property , pp. 143 - 176Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019