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3D Printing and Product Liability in the U.S. and UK

By Joseph G. Falcone, Tony Dempster and Laura Paliani
October 01, 2016

Editor's Note: The potential for product liability claims concerning objects created via 3D printing is obvious, but these types of claims are likely to have qualities unique from claims over injuries attributed to traditional products. Last month, the authors discussed some of these. Now, they look at how the law is developing in two countries ' the United States and Great Britain ' as their legal systems attempt to assign liability to the correct actors.

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