Selling 3d Printed Items Copyright
However the expiry of patent rights over m any of these early technologies has prompted renewed interest in its potential to transform.
Selling 3d printed items copyright. Many 3d printable objects may be covered by ip rights owned by another person and therefore printing or helping others print these items may infringe those rights. 3d printing production will make waves across the industry lowering the price of most consumer goods sold in the market. He had searched everywhere he could find over the internet to find out articles or information on how much money are others making selling their designs for 3d printing. The 3d printing community loves its free content creators but no one will complain if you at least put your logo on the bottom of your free model while youre at it.
Eduardo is trying to build a business in brazil doing just that. 3d printing is going to revolutionize the consumer products industry with everyday products like toys and auto parts being sold by independent 3d printers. Is anybody actually selling 3d printed products. Furthermore if in the future we do get a precedent in the usa for establishing cad models as original works of art we would still likely be just fine as we are not re selling your cad models but rather transformative adaptions of them in the form of 3d printed objects.
Of course the other point is for 3d objects other than sculptures there is no copyright. There may be design patents or trademarks which would make it illegal to use a design but not copyright. Weve covered how to make money with a 3d printer with a few methods to build different businesses around 3d printing in this articlein this article were drilling down on the business model of creating your own custom prints on your existing 3d printer and creating your own scalable brand to sell these prints online. By elsa malaty lawyer associate in the law firm hughes hubbard reed llp and guilda rostama doctor in private law paris france.
3d printing and ip law.