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Patent Enforcement In Cyberterritories, Daniel Harris Brean
Patent Enforcement In Cyberterritories, Daniel Harris Brean
Daniel Harris Brean
3D printing technology has exposed a gap in patent protection. Thanks to 3D printers, physical products can be created and sold digitally in the form of CAD files, and consumers printing the products are effectively manufacturers. But current law would treat a product patent as being directly infringed only when the physical product is made, used, offered for sale, or sold, making it difficult to target the digital source of the infringement. While past scholarship has fashioned new legal constructs to close this gap (e.g., expanding patent eligibility or extending infringement case law) this Article considers whether a proper, analogous …