Copyright and IP
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As all AM industry operators know well, sharing CAD data is risky to IPs and businesses. Starting with the registration of authorship, the new BORIS plugin from CADChain for Autodesk Inventor accompanies a designer’s creations through the design phase, providing safety, security, and peace of mind. The free-to-join beta testing…
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Interreg, the European Union’s inter-regional initiative that aims to bring Industry 4.0 business solutions to the region, has developed a successful blockchain-based 3D printing solution that will enable cryptographic protection of 3D design files while helping to stimulate local economies by creating new manufacturing opportunities. The collaboration has been made…
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Cadchain is a startup providing a blockchain-enabled software as a service solution that acts as a bodyguard for 3D files. The bodyguard plugin protects files from unauthorized access and tracks every interaction. One of the key use cases of the innovative CADPlug IP management plugin is 3D printing. Today there…
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Opening for new memberships in April 2021, the SDAM Alliance is designed to accelerate success in Secure Distributed Additive Manufacturing (SDAM) development. The charter of the Alliance is to develop specifications, standards, and solutions that drive harmonization and interoperability for businesses worldwide. The SDAM Alliance will be a global community…
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Volumetric printing, as we reported, has arrived in the form of the xolo xube, but this revolutionary technology already faces contenders for volumetric printing patents. A United States patent filed by Mr. Daniel Clark of Topshelf Enterprises (T3DP) and Southern Methodist University claims technology similar to xolo’s volumetric process. Mr.…
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Mainchain, a blockchain protocol developed by Vistory, ties users interested in a single 3D-printed object together because each users’ interest vests in the intellectual property (“IP”) that constitutes the object. Such interest is increasingly dominant in societies that rely on technology: information societies constitute intellectual property regimes to value ideas;…
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LEO Lane, an Israeli firm that offers intellectual property protection to the additive manufacturing industry, uses algorithms to regulate the use of clients’ designs. The company responds to a growing concern about safeguarding intellectual property across the AM sector, which is defined by its decentralization and the consequent transmission of…
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Two jurists in the United Kingdom flagged the need for enhanced privacy protections in the additive manufacturing space. The scholars, professors Annika Jones and James G. H. Griffin, released an article in the European Journal of Law and Technology that examines international law’s regulation of 3D printing. Their work uses…
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Today we bring to you a developing story of intrigue and espionage in the additive manufacturing industry: DNV GL, the Norway-based classification society, revealed that one of its employees in the oil and gas division has been arrested by the Norwegian Police Security Service (PST) and charged with espionage. The…
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A research team from the NYU Tandon School of Engineering has published a study that uncovers vulnerabilities in the production of carbon fiber reinforced 3D printed parts. The vulnerability is not related to the strength of the parts, but rather in protecting their toolpaths and preventing counterfeit parts. The ability…
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