(SME: Dearborn, MI) -- In response to a growing need to establish and protect intellectual property, the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) will present “Pathways to Innovation: Intellectual Property Rights in Additive Manufacturing” at its RAPID 2012 Conference & Exposition on Thurs., May 24, 2012, in Atlanta.

This session will reveal how intellectual property contributes to design and driving the technological innovation that helps shape the physical world through additive manufacturing.

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