Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2014C00180:clause:2_119c
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2014C00180
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 2 cl 119C
Character Range: 31560–32395

119C  Infringement exemptions: acts for experimental purposes
 (1) A person may, without infringing a patent for an invention, do an act that would infringe the patent apart from this subsection, if the act is done for experimental purposes relating to the subject matter of the invention.
 (2) For the purposes of this section, experimental purposes relating to the subject matter of the invention include, but are not limited to, the following:
 (a) determining the properties of the invention;
 (b) determining the scope of a claim relating to the invention;
 (c) improving or modifying the invention;
 (d) determining the validity of the patent or of a claim relating to the invention;
 (e) determining whether the patent for the invention would be, or has been, infringed by the doing of an act.

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