3D Printing and its Effect on the Fashion Industry: It's More Than Just About Intellectual Property

When most people think about 3D Printing and the fashion industry, they immediately focus on the intellectual property consequences.

While there certainly are a myriad of intellectual property issues that must be addressed right now, there are several other areas that will be equally affected.

This paper will discuss how 3D Technology will affect the supply chain, employment opportunities, entrepreneurialism, tariffs, and other subject matter.

Since the technology is in its evolutionary cycle, many of the concerns to be discussed are forward-looking and of-the-moment; consequently, a deep dive into any given area is impractical.

Rather, this paper will address topics from a bird’s eye view and conclude with

thought provoking and sometimes unanswered (or even unanswerable) questions that readers should store in the back of their minds as they watch the technology improve and unfold.

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