Comments on: Toe Stepping: Thingiverse and IP law http://blog.thingiverse.com/2009/11/03/thingiverse-and-ip/ Exploring the Universe of Things Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:44:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: eagleapex http://blog.thingiverse.com/2009/11/03/thingiverse-and-ip/comment-page-1/#comment-4611 eagleapex Wed, 15 Jun 2011 15:29:44 +0000 http://blog.thingiverse.com/?p=799#comment-4611 Don't forget Trade Secrets, it's a patent that never expires. Think KFC's 11 herbs and spices. Don’t forget Trade Secrets, it’s a patent that never expires. Think KFC’s 11 herbs and spices.

]]> By: Mark Van den Borre http://blog.thingiverse.com/2009/11/03/thingiverse-and-ip/comment-page-1/#comment-1678 Mark Van den Borre Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:36:07 +0000 http://blog.thingiverse.com/?p=799#comment-1678 You might want to consult with the Software Freedom Law Center (http://www.softwarefreedom.org/ ) to strengthen the legal basis for Reprap and friends. They may be specialised in a different application area of intellectual rights laws, but hey... FOSS 3d printing is frontier land! They breathe the concepts of openness and freedom. This means they have lots of contacts with enthousiasm about, if not expertise at the intersection of law and FOSS 3d printing. You might want to consult with the Software Freedom Law Center (http://www.softwarefreedom.org/ ) to strengthen the legal basis for Reprap and friends.

They may be specialised in a different application area of intellectual rights laws, but hey… FOSS 3d printing is frontier land!

They breathe the concepts of openness and freedom. This means they have lots of contacts with enthousiasm about, if not expertise at the intersection of law and FOSS 3d printing.

]]> By: Haloscope http://blog.thingiverse.com/2009/11/03/thingiverse-and-ip/comment-page-1/#comment-1677 Haloscope Wed, 04 Nov 2009 06:46:36 +0000 http://blog.thingiverse.com/?p=799#comment-1677 Well, Bre may be in luck. As long as doesn't print a Gomboc for a commercial purpose (selling, charging admission to see) or tries to financially gain from it somehow, he should be fine. http://www.iusmentis.com/patents/faq/infringement/ Well, Bre may be in luck. As long as doesn’t print a Gomboc for a commercial purpose (selling, charging admission to see) or tries to financially gain from it somehow, he should be fine.
http://www.iusmentis.com/patents/faq/infringement/

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