In the comments section of my post about the Left Shark cease-and-desist letter on Friday, I ended up having a really great exchange with Brazillian lawyer Bruna Castanheira. Bruna asked about a point raised by both NYU law professor Christopher…
Tag: Copyright
Call it a comeback
So, my last post was nearly a year ago… I’m not proud of that. But we’re officially back in business and there’s a lot to talk about. I am currently General Counsel and COO of Matter and Form Inc., makers of…
Could Your 3D Printed Pizza Infringe a Patent?
NASA recently funded a 3D food printer project – the prototype version of which is intended to make pizzas. For me, this news is another bold step toward the dream of everyone having a Star Trek-style replicator. After all, although…
An Interview with 3D Industries on the Future of 3D Search and IP
Law in the Making had the chance recently to interview Seena Rajal, CEO and founder of London-based 3D search start-up 3D Industries (3DI). 3DI’s search engine offers the ability to “search for components, supplies, designs, industrial parts… using shape and…
Patent Infringement in 3D – Who to Sue?
Lauren Leahy is a guest blogger and is a summer student at Gilbert’s LLP in Toronto, where she works alongside Law in the Making co-founder Paul Banwatt. Contributions also made by Jamie Goodman, an associate at Gilbert’s LLP in Toronto.…
The Future in 3D: Guns, drugs and lawyers
I wrote an article surveying legal implications of 3D printing (from a Canadian perspective) for Lawyers Weekly with my colleague Ashlee Froese from Gilbert’s LLP. In the past three years, a feverish buzz has developed around 3D printing. The excitement…
3D-Print-Yourself Machines Are Awesome – But Who Owns the Copyright?
Here’s a question that occurred to me today: There are these places popping up around the world where you can 3D print yourself. Makerbot lets you print your bust for a mere $25 at their store in NYC. There’s these…
About that “Pirate Bay” for 3D Printing…
By now, most people have heard about the website DEFCAD, a proposed “Pirate Bay” for sharing 3D printable designs without regard to intellectual property laws, regulations or take-down notices. DEFCAD is at least loosely related to Defense Distributed (also founded…
IP and the ‘Manufacturing Renaissance’
Thanks to my colleague Salim Dharssi at Gilbert’s LLP for pointing me to this article by Neil Wilkof at IP Finance. Tying nicely into yesterday’s post, Wilkof questions the assumption that effective IP protection in the context of 3D printing…
Venture Beat: Copyright Can’t Keep Up with 3D Printing
Venture Beat has an article by Ricardo Bilton making the (increasingly popular) point that copyright law can’t and won’t keep up with the spread and development of low cost 3D printing. The law, through courts or legislation, just doesn’t move…