Additive Manufacturing: Emerging technologies and key IP issues, plus a special feature on COVID-19 projects

The additive manufacturing (3D printing) industry is continuing to evolve into new technologies that will shape the next manufacturing revolution. We analyze emerging technical trends in the industry and consider how IP issues, including patents and trade secrets, can help companies protect their innovations to foster growth and adoption.

And, with COVID-19 affecting all of us, the additive manufacturing industry has stepped up, with companies and individuals producing everything from face mask holders to ventilator valves and more. We will discuss what’s being done and why AM is well suited to generate needed products in a crisis.

Topics to be discussed include:

• efforts by additive manufacturing companies to produce products helpful in the fight against COVID-19;
• more generally, emerging technical trends in the additive manufacturing industry; and
• patent and trade secret issues relevant to additive manufacturing.
  
  

Recorded: View On Demand

Moderator:
Elizabeth Ferrill

Speakers:
Alan Dobbs, Zanco
Benjamin Lund, Adaptive 3D
Aidan Skoyles, Finnegan
Terry Wohlers, Wohlers Associates 

Date:
Tuesday, May 5, 2020 

Time:
10:00 - 11:00 a.m. PDT
1:00 - 2:00 p.m. EDT
19:00 - 20:00 CEST