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      <journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">legalreport</journal-id>
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        <journal-title>TSUL Legal Report</journal-title>
        <abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="publisher">TSUL Legal Report</abbrev-journal-title>
      </journal-title-group>
      <issn pub-type="ppub" publication-format="print">2181-1024</issn>
      <publisher>
        <publisher-name>Toshkent davlat yuridik universiteti</publisher-name>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="other" assigning-authority="relibrary.uz">REL-A-014013</article-id>
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        <article-title xml:lang="en">PROPERTY AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS IN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING (3D PRINTING): A SUI GENERIS PERSPECTIVE WITHIN CIVIL LAW</article-title>
      </title-group>
      <contrib-group content-type="author">
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Shermatov</surname>
            <given-names>Nuriddin</given-names>
          </name>
        </contrib>
      </contrib-group>
      <pub-date publication-format="electronic" date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2025-01-01">
        <day>01</day>
        <month>01</month>
        <year>2025</year>
      </pub-date>
      <pub-date date-type="collection">
        <year>2025</year>
      </pub-date>
      <volume>6</volume>
      <issue>4</issue>
      <fpage>18</fpage>
      <lpage>24</lpage>
      <permissions>
        <license xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0">
          <ali:license_ref>https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0</ali:license_ref>
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      <self-uri xlink:href="https://relibrary.uz/REL-A-014013/"/>
      <abstract xml:lang="en">
        <p>The article examines the complex civil-law regulation of digital and physical objects created through additive manufacturing technologies. Drawing on comparative analysis of the Uzbek Civil Code, the Laws on Copyright, Patents, and E-Commerce, and strategic documents such as the Strategy “Uzbekistan – 2030” and Digital Uzbekistan–2030, the study identifies significant legal gaps in defining ownership, authorship, and liability concerning 3D-printed objects and their digital design files (CAD models). The article contrasts Uzbekistan‘s framework with the approaches of the EU, USA, China, Germany, France, and post-Soviet jurisdictions, emphasizing how most countries rely on adapting existing property and intellectual property doctrines rather than introducing a new regulatory regime. The analysis highlights unresolved doctrinal issues such as the dual nature of 3D-printed property (digital and material), uncertainty of rights transfer in digital environments, and insufficient enforcement mechanisms for online infringements. Finally, the author proposes sui generis reforms within Uzbekistan‘s civil law – clarifying digital goods ownership, expanding copyright scope to CAD files, introducing limited-use exceptions, and strengthening IP enforcement online – aligning national legislation with international best practice and the technological goals of Strategy 2030.</p>
      </abstract>
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        <kwd>additive manufacturing</kwd>
        <kwd>3D printing</kwd>
        <kwd>property rights</kwd>
        <kwd>intellectual property</kwd>
        <kwd>digital goods</kwd>
        <kwd>CAD files</kwd>
        <kwd>copyright</kwd>
        <kwd>sui generis regulation</kwd>
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