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You First: Manufacturing, IP, and the Coming 3D Printing Disruption
Like it or not, the manufacturing industry looks like it will be first in line to feel the potential transformative impact of 3D printing or additive manufacturing. A number of factors are combining to push manufacturing out of the chute first. Many manufacturers have already embraced 3D printing, making the technology an essential part of at least some of their manufacturing processes. When combined with advancements in other areas like open-source software and robotics, 3D printing seems destined to redefine the manufacturing supply chain and manufacturers' approach to mass production, customization, consumer demand, and global logistics.
At the same time, changes in intellectual property (IP) law unrelated to 3D printing will impact the disruption in manufacturing. Patent litigation in general has become more unpredictable and expensive. And some say the Supreme Court recently made patenting software ' the ghost in the 3D printing machine ' significantly more difficult. These changes make it harder to choose what rights to protect and what kind of protection to claim for proprietary innovation.
As with other industry disrupters, 3D printing will affect both manufacturing overall and the industry's most important IP. If past is truly prologue, then looking back to other disruptive advances can help illustrate some of the manufacturing IP rights 3D printing may take down, possible areas of new rights creation, and strategies for protecting manufacturing, and other IP likely to be affected by 3D printing's disruption in manufacturing.
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