RALEIGH — Campbell Law School Professor Lucas S. Osborn recently gave a virtual presentation about 3D Printing and Intellectual Property as part of the “Remaking the Maker Movement” hosted by the Australian Law School at Queensland University of Technology (QUT).
The abstract of the presentation states:
“Intellectual property (IP) laws were drafted for tangible objects, but 3D printing technology, which digitizes objects and offers manufacturing capacity to anyone, is disrupting these laws and their underlying policies. In his timely new book, Osborn focuses on the novel issues raised for IP law by 3D printing for the major IP systems around the world. He specifically addresses how patent and design law must wrestle with protecting digital versions of inventions and policing individualized manufacturing, how trademark law must confront the dissociation of design from manufacturing, and how patent and copyright law must be reconciled when digital versions of primarily utilitarian objects are concerned. With an even hand and keen insight, Osborn offers an innovation-centered analysis of and balanced response to the disruption caused by 3D printing that should be read by nonexperts and experts alike.”
The “Remaking The Maker Movement” is a conference that focuses on the role of innovative spaces considering their growth, evolution and transformation. Watch Osborn’s Feb. 3 presentation at the following link: https://youtu.be/gqshqgDUR8Q
Osborn is an expert in the area of Intellectual Property Law, with a focus on Patent Law. He has authored more than a dozen articles on intellectual property law, presented his research on three continents and has been quoted in the Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg News and local publications. His scholarship is highly cited and appears in law reviews such as Notre Dame Law Review, U.C. Davis Law Review, Cardozo Law Review, San Diego Law Review and Stanford Technology Law Review.
Osborn serves as the founder and director of Campbell Law School’s Intellectual Property Law Program. Before coming to Campbell Law, he clerked for the Honorable Kenneth M. Hoyt on the United States District Court for the Southern district of Texas and served as an attorney at a major international law firm where his practice focused on patent litigation, patent prosecution and intellectual property licensing. He is licensed to practice in front of the U.S. Patent and Trademark office and holds an of-counsel position at Michael Best & Friedrich.
His most recent works explore three-dimensional printing (3D printing) and other digital technology affects the law, particularly intellectual property law. He has published a book on the topic with Cambridge University Press titled, “3D Printing and Intellectual Property.” Professor Osborn also served for four years on the Confidentiality Commission within the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.
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