3D Printing Patent Family Landscape 2018

This project will provide guidance for industry and policy-makers in respect of intellectual property, 3D Printing, and innovation policy. It will consider the evolution of 3D printing, and examine its implications for the creative industries, branding and marketing, manufacturing and robotics, clean technologies, health-care, and the digital economy. The study will examine how 3D printing will disrupt key regimes of intellectual property – such as copyright law, designs law, trade mark law, patent law, and confidential information. As well as providing practical advice in respect of intellectual property management and commercialisation, this study will offer policy recommendations in respect of domestic and international law reform.

本项研究将为业界及政策制定者提供关于知识产权、三维打印及创新政策的指导。研究将审视三维打印技术的发展历程，并探讨其对创意产业、品牌与市场营销、制造业与机器人技术、清洁技术、医疗保健以及数字经济的影响。本研究将深入分析三维打印技术如何颠覆知识产权的关键制度——诸如著作权法、设计法、商标法、专利法以及保密信息法。除了在知识产权管理和商业化方面提供实际建议外，本研究还将就国内和国际法律改革提出政策性建议。