– 3D-Modelle & 3D-Drucker –

In Part 1 and Part 2 of this series, Dan Cohn, a member of the Technology, Manufacturing & Transportation industry team at association member Husch Blackwell discussed copyright issues for 3D printers, today he considers the Enforcement of Copyrights Against 3D Printers.
(…weiter auf the3dprintingassociation.com)

We’ve all heard crazy ideas for inventions in our time. After all, it’s the ideal of the American entrepreneurial spirit: get a great idea, design and patent it, manufacture and sell it to millions, and then retire on your private island. Most of us have hatched a few of these crazy plans, as we sit around already counting our millions while privately wondering if our idea would even work if it was put together. Now that motion from Point A — your idea — to Point B — holding your idea in your hands — just got easier with Virgina’s AM Patent Drawings and Graphics’ addition of 3D printing to their line of services.
(…weiter auf 3dprint.com)

The democratization of technology that has occurred over the past twenty years or so has enabled greater numbers of people to program new apps and build new devices that can increase their quality of life. When, previously, communities in developing nations wouldn’t necessarily have had access to supplies made from mass manufacturers in other parts of the world, 3D printing has given some people the tools to maintain a supply of useful items. At the same time, the children who are growing up with this technology are becoming empowered at a very young age to pursue their own dreams and their own careers, rather than falling into the paths created by older generations.
(…weiter auf 3dprintingindustry.com)

Every year millions of people become ill, or even worse, die because of infections related to surgeries and implants. Antibiotics for years have been a saving grace within the medical community, however, oftentimes the proper dosage can not safely target the area which needs it the most. Orally ingesting antibiotics works in many cases, but sometimes the medication needs to be locally targeted to a particular area. For instance, certain infections require a direct injection of the medication within the infected area. They do this oftentimes for prostate infections, as well as other hard to manage localized infections, but it doesn’t always work as intended.
(…weiter auf 3dprint.com)

At the beginning of this year we wrote about expiring 3D printing patents. Yes, several early 3D printing patents have expired or are expiring. So what? Contrary to the legions of writers who predict otherwise, such patent expirations are unlikely to open a brave new world of open 3D printing or additive manufacturing technology.
(…weiter auf 3dprintingindustry.com)

Ein Patentantrag des 3D-Drucker-Herstellers Makerbot sorgt für Aufregung, denn er basiert auf einer Idee aus der Community. Die will sich mit Prior-Art-Anträgen wehren.
(…weiter auf golem.de)

We’ve uncovered a very curious patent application from MakerBot that seems to indicate they’re developing an automated way to reconstruct broken objects.
(…weiter auf fabbaloo.com)

3D-Druck ist derzeit absolut in. Bei der Planung, der Herstellung und insbesondere beim Vertrieb von 3D-Druck-Werkstücken sind aber zahlreiche gesetzliche Vorgaben, vor allem aus dem Urheberrecht, dem Markenrecht und dem Designrecht zu beachten.
(…weiter auf deutsche-startups.de)

There are literally dozens of new patents filed on a weekly basis that have something to do with 3D printing. However, one company, that most people probably wouldn’t expect to file patents related to 3D printing, would be The Gillette Company. You know, the company that makes just about every type of razor out there.
(…weiter auf 3dprint.com)

Innovation in 3d printing started to show up from the 1990s with the real surge in the activity around this technology happening in the last 5 years. For those who are interested in 3D printing and its patents, Gridlogics Technologies, a software products company has shared some interesting results from a recent report on analysis of patenting activity around 3D-Printing from 1990-Current.
(…weiter auf 3ders.org)