On The Patent Properties Of 3D Printing Software

With the increasing development of social information,3D printing technology has also attained considerable development, which shows its unique design and manufacturing advantages on a number of fronts. Not only has it become the key of new attention over the world but also a hot topic which promote the growth of the global economy. The development of an industry needs a favorable external environment; in addition, a complete legal system provides powerful support to the nascent industry. You can get what you want with a computer, a3D printer and3D printing software which plays a pivotal role. Under the premise of the maturity of the computer technology and3D printer, to own3D printing software means to have physical goods since it indicates the crystallization of the wisdom of the designers which nightlights the importance of the legal protection of3D printing software. The advent of intellectual property system is the inevitable requirement for technological progress and development.Meanwhile; technological advances are also the source of power that contributes to the reform of intellectual property. Conversely, the improvement of the IP system also has a protective effect on the progress of technology.3D printing technology is an important manifestation of industrial manufacturing information revolution. At the same time, new technology also brings new problems and challenges to the existing intellectual property system.3D printing technology has brought such a reality that the distance between the bit and the atom is no longer any more,3D printing software can also be seen as a physical entity of data, and the data of3D printing technology can materialize virtual numbers under the premise of virtual entity. Therefore, the printing software infringement will often involve physical goods infringement, and then the association between the two is particularly close. Replicating and plagiarizing copy software often means infringement of physical industrial products.3D printing software also has such features as practicality, innovation and novelty not just the data in characters. However, today’the protection system between software and industrial products is different, which will cause the same tort result using two different sets of laws. Protection of software is focus on copyright protection, and the legal protection of industrial products is the established on the basis of the patent law protection system. The development of3D printing technology makes printing software infringement and infringement of industrial products show a similar legal effect, but a complete illogical different form in the identification and assume the tort liability of copyright law and patent law, which gives existing software protection system new issues whether existing software copyright protection system could prop up the development of3D printing industry that is still worth exploring.Computer software program consists of special characters, and can be fixed on a tangible carrier. While copying and plagiarism is two major ways infringe the software, which has some similarities with traditional literature. Thus the world generally accepts software protection system is the core system, but the discussion of patent law to protect the software in the legal profession has never stopped ever. As the world leader in the development of software industry, the United States is adopted the patent law protection system at the beginning of development of the software industry.Although the current copyright protection system as the core has been established, it does not exclude the protection to the software patent law At the same time, with the development of computer and information technology, software scope of patent law is constantly expanding. Japan and the EU also have followed to expand the scope of software patent protection.3D printing software gives software new features, also the software can have a practical, innovative, creative and other characteristics, which gives the equivalent to the patent protection of the same entity of industrial products It means more stringent protective measures of plagiarism and copy of software should be made to better protect the designer’s enthusiasm of creation, to better protect data entities of industrial products ultimately, to promote the healthy development of3D printing industry.