How To Address A $100 Billion IP Problem With A Drafting Revision

A post from Benesch notes that Gartner analysts predict that starting in 2018 there could be $100 billion per year in intellectual property losses as the result of 3D printing. Whatever the actual number proves to be, it’s pretty certain that a large percentage of it will be the result of customers who have bought machinery deciding to print their own replacement parts. For manufacturers there may be no perfect fix for that problem, but Benesch attorneys note there is a pretty good one that requires nothing more than the revision of a legal document.