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The call for a harmonized “Community” License for 3D Content. Part I.

The latest in a series of posts by Geomagic COO, Tom Kurke, who is intrigued by the current state of Intellectual property laws, or more precisely the lack of them, and the effect it is having on protecting your designs in 3D.

It doesn’t matter whether you believe that the current boundaries of intellectual property protection do not go far enough to protect the rights of content creators or if you believe that copyrights, patents and other forms of intellectual property protection have been stretched well beyond their intended scope – the conclusion still remains – “Houston, we have a problem.”