3D-Druck trifft auf Urheber- und Patentrecht

Abstract

This work presents 3D printing technology, including its technical aspects, identifies problem areas in its existing legal framework and, by means of typifying interpretation, incorporates it into the context of copyright and patenting law. It not only focuses on the interpretation and application of copyright and patenting legislation, but also takes a legal policy perspective on the further development of these two areas of law. Against this background, it applies a ‘more technological approach’ to intellectual property law, which takes account of the changing reality in this regard as a result of new technological possibilities.

Digital 3D Technologies for Humanities Research and Education: An Overview

“…It is currently being debated whether 3D digitization fulfils requirements for being original or is simply copying and therefore "creates only non-original works" [664]. Although the situation for 3D reconstructions seems more clear, as substantial originality is inherent, not all national legislation sees reconstructions as original work [665].…”