A Study on 3D Printing’s Copyright and Patent issues: Focus on the Computer-Aided Design file for 3D Printing
Date Issued
2016
Date
2016
Author(s)
Wu, Ta-Yen
Abstract
The study is about the legal issues of 3D printing and its surroundings behaviors under copyright and patent law. To realize a 3D printing, the user usually must execute a Computer-Aided Design file (CAD file), which illustrate the outcome of 3D printing. Since the CAD is highly related to 3D printing, establishing, uploading and downloading CAD file, and even establishing networking website for sharing CAD shall all be analyzed under copyright and patent law. This thesis discovers that there are many CAD illustrating products which are protected by copyright or patent law, and thus, the behaviors which make use of the CAD file will cause a legal responsibility if the users are lack of the permission of the copyright or patent right owmer. Furthermore, the legal responsibility will diverge as long as the product is classified as different kind of copyright of patent. Threrefore, it is almost impossible for common users to expect the legal outcome of their behavior. Through the research, this thesis discovers that it is necessary to amend our copyright and patent law for endowing 3D printing’s CAD file a proper legal status and for judging the surrounding behaviors of CAD appropriately.
Subjects
3D printing
Computer-Aided Design
responsibility of networking website under copyright and patent law
indirect infringement
Type
thesis
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