On Sat, 08 May 2010 17:21:59 +0200, Warp <war### [at] tagpovrayorg> wrote:
>
>   I'm not a patent lawyer, but AFAIK here patents only cover selling or
> distributing patented devices. You are still free to take a patent (all
> patents are public), build the device yourself and use it freely. Only
> if you start selling the devices you are building (and probably even if
> you start distributing them for free) will the patent protection kick in.

Just for clarification:
http://www.prh.fi/en/patentit/hakusuomi.html
http://www.prh.fi/en/patentit/lainsaadantoa/patenttilaki.html

Most importantly:
  "The exclusive right shall not apply to:
  (1) use which is not commercial"

Swedish patent law is very similar.



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FE

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