The UK Intellectual Property Office has launched a consultation on the patent research exception. The "exception" is the right to build a patented invention for experimental reasons. For example, in order to consider possible modifications. This does not infringe the patent.
Section 60 (5) of the Patent Act 1977 is the relevant legislation. See pages 5 and 6 of this portion of the Act, where wording in italics is the legislation, with normal type being used for explanatory comment, in the Manual of Patent Practice.
Comments on the impact of this exception are invited by the 7 November.
Hi,
Its very interesting blog.Its very good to launch consultation for patient research...
Posted by: contaminated soil | 12 January 2009 at 10:22