Legal Regime of the Results of Digital Fabrication

Abstract

The article explores the possibility of recognizing the results of digital fabrication as objects of intellectual property rights. The conclusion is that the legal regime of the results of digital fabrication is determined by the absence of distinctive features of the objects of copyright, which does not prevent recognition of their objects of neighbouring rights. The legal regime for the results of digital fabrication should include the protection of the rights of persons who have rights to character or image that is the basis for digital fabrication. The original subject of digital fabrication is a person who has the right to use as a basis for the use of digital fabrication technology (such as a protected character or image) and a software product with AI features.