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23 Gonz. J. Int'l L. 55 (2019-2020)
ClearCorrect: Intellectual Property, 3D Printing, and the Future of Trade

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CLEARCORRECT: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY,
   3D  PRINTING, AND THE FUTURE OF TRADE


                         Dr. Matthew Rimmer*






I. IN TRO D U CTIO N .......................................................................................  56
II. THE INTERNATIONAL TRADE  COMMISSION............................................. 59
   A.      The International Trade Commission Decision.....................60
   B.      Arguments Before the Court of Appeals for the
           Federal Circuit..........................................................................61
   C.      The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.......................66
   D .     Reactions to the D ecision...................................................... 68
   E.      Further Action by Align Technology Inc .............................69
III. TRADE WARS  OVER INTELLECTUAL  PROPERTY  AND  INNOVATION
       P O L IC Y  ............................................................................................ 7 1
   A.      The Impact of 3D Printing on Trade.........................................72
   B.      3D Printing in the United States...............................................73
   C .     C anada ................................................................................ . . 7 8
   D .     E urop ean U nion ........................................................................79
   E .     C h in a .........................................................................................8 0
IV . G LOBAL INSTITUTION S......................................................................... 83
   A.      The World Trade Organization..............................................84
   B.      The World Intellectual Property Organization......................88
   C.      Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development.. 91
   D.      The World Economic  Forum..................................................92
V . C O N CLU SIO N  ........................................................................................  95




* Dr. Matthew Rimmer (BA/LLB ANU, Phd UNSW) is a Professor in Intellectual Property and
Innovation Law at the Faculty of Law in the Queensland University of Technology (QUT). He
is a leader of the QUT Intellectual Property and Innovation Law research program, and a
member of the QUT Digital Media Research Centre (QUT DMRC), the QUT Australian Centre
for Health Law Research (QUT ACHLR), and the QUT International Law and Global
Governance Research Program (Q UT IL GG). Dr. Rimmer is the chief investigator in the ARC
Discovery Project, 'Inventing the Future: Intellectual Property and 3D Printing' (2017-2020)
(DP 170100758). He would like to thank librarian Quentin Pope for her research assistance on
the topic at the Q UT Faculty of Law.

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