Additive Manufacturing

Additive Manufacturing

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Additive manufacturing, or 3-D printing, is having a profound impact on the world as it strengthens entrepreneurship by removing entry barriers in the manufacturing sector and appeals to the green movement by substantially decreasing waste.

Dentons’ corporate and transactional lawyers can assist you in expanding your business—whether it’s through capital infusions or mergers and acquisitions, and our energy lawyers can help you optimize the resource segment of your business.

Legal and economic challenges may surface with the creation of objects through a sequential layering process and the machinery to print in 3-D. Our intellectual property and technology team can advise you on strategically protecting your intellectual property, as well as help you steer clear of infringing third-party intellectual property rights. If the need arises, Dentons’ litigators can successfully represent you in enforcing your intellectual property in court and in administrative proceedings against competitors who wish to ignore copyright, trademark and patent laws, or defend you against others who may assert various IP Rights as opposed to the IP rights.

Whether your business involves the manufacture of aircraft components, medical devices, or even jewelry, additive manufacturing will become a driving force that will change your business. Dentons will navigate you through any complexities that your business faces, from raising capital via angel investing to filing patents in patent and trademark offices around the world, and everything in between.

Experience

Subsidiary of a global manufacturer: Advising on the transition to a cloud-based, software as a service (SaaS) Human Resources management program. Our assistance included advice regarding the design of privacy and security programs, the negotiation of a SaaS services agreement, revision to company policies regarding data security and privacy in order to implement the SaaS initiative, and guidance regarding laws regarding cross-border data transfers and risk mitigation strategies with respect to unauthorized access, use and disclosure of personal information and confidential business information.
US manufacturer of medical devices distributed in Canada: Advising on a national class action involving allegations that sales of a particular device contravened the Saskatchewan Consumer Protection Act, such that the manufacturer is strictly liable for breaches of consumer warranties.

Insights

Manufacturing in Europe guide

December 11, 2019

Dentons has published its first Manufacturing In Europe guide. This comprehensive guide gives foreign investors a high-level summary covering everything you need to know about a given country, from establishing appropriate business vehicles, operating, buy side and sell side key checkpoints, and moving your production.