Patent Parasites: Non-Inventors Patenting Existing Open-Source Inventions in the 3-D Printing Technology Space

Open-source 3-D printing has played a pivotal role in revolutionizing the additive manufacturing (AM) landscape by making distributed manufacturing economic, democratizing access, and fostering far more rapid innovation than antiquated proprietary systems. Unfortunately, some 3-D printing manufactur...

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Main Authors: Apoorv Kulkarni, Joshua M. Pearce
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-11-01
Series:Inventions
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2411-5134/8/6/141