Printer Unlocking

Copyright Office rule threatens printer unlocking

January 8, 2018

An exception in a Copyright Office rule could prevent people from unlocking 3D printers. The rule, which was renewed by the US Patent and Trademark Office and allows people to unlock a 3D printer with a nonproprietary filament, contains an exception which could “effectively override it”, as 3ders reports. As a result, Michael Weinberg of […]