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Intellectual property 3D Technology, also referred to us addictive manufacturing is the process of forming 3 solid objects that are dimensional and are made from a digital file. Addictive process occurs when an object is formed by putting down many successive layers of materials. 3D printed guns are functional plastic guns that can be easily reproduced by any individual that has a printer with 3D functions. The printer allows for easy downloading of many plastic guns as possible. It also allows the downloading of the existing plastic gun designs that are used for printing the actual plastic guns. As long as an individual has the knowledge of printing and assembling through 3D you are good to go, however there have been claims that the technology is not that easy because as much as it is easy to print the plastic gun, you cannot do the same with the ammunition that will be used in the gun.
3D plastic guns are a big threat both to a country’s security and the implementation of patent rights. The security will be affected much in countries where acquiring a gun is not easy like England, hence people will take the advantage and print their own guns to use them however they please. The congress man, Rep Steve Israel is against the printing of the 3D plastic guns and of the view that they should be banned because they cannot be detected easily by the metal detectors posing a huge security risk. This is not easy because, banning the guns will not help much as long as the 3D printers are still in existence. Many analysts claim that this will only interfere with the business of 3D printers which are lawfully in existence and also have patent, trademark and copyright protection rights. Apart form being unlawful, it lacks vision and cannot be argued in a court of law, hence need to amend the intellectual property laws to fit in the advancing technology being witnessed in 3D printing and



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