Questionnaire on Exceptions and Limitations to Patent Rights
Table and links to the replies received from member states and regional offices to the SCP.
- Questionnaire
| Country/Region | Section 1: General | Section 2: Private and/or non-commercial use | Section 3: Experimental use and/or scientific research | Section 4: Preparation of medicines | Section 5: Prior use | Section 6: Use of articles on foreign vessels, aircraft and land vehicles | Section 7: Acts for obtaining regulatory approval from authorities | Section 8: Exhaustion of patent rights | Section 9: Compulsory licensing and/or government use | Section 10: Exceptions and limitations related to farmers' and/or breeders' use of patented inventions | Section 11: Other exceptions and limitations | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| x | x | x | x | x | x | x 25 |
x | x | x | – | ||
|
Algeria |
x | x | x | – | x | x | – | x | x | – | – | |
| Argentina |
x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | * 33 | x | |
| Armenia |
x | x | x | x | x | x | – | x | x 1 | – | – | |
|
Australia |
x 2 | – | x | x | x | x | – | – | ||||
| Austria |
x | x | x | – | x | x | x | x | x | x | – | |
| Azerbaijan |
x | x | x | x | x | x | – | x | x | – | – | |
| Bangladesh |
x | – | – | – | * 34 | x | – | – | x1 | – | – | |
|
Belarus |
x | x | x | x | x | x | – | x | x1 | – | x | |
| Bhutan |
x | – | x | – | x | x | – | x | x | – | – | |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | – | |
| Brazil |
x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | 3 | x | |
| x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | – | ||
| Burkina Faso |
x | – | x | – | x | x | – | x | x | x | – | |
| Canada |
x | – | x | – | x | x | x | x | x | – | x 20 | |
| Chile |
x | – | – | – | – | 4 | x | x | x 1 | – | x | |
|
China
Hong Kong China |
x | x | x | – | x | x | x | x | x | – | – | |
| x | x | x | x | x | x | – | – | x | – | x | ||
| Congo |
x | – | x | – | – | – | – | – | x | – | – | |
| Costa Rica |
x | x | x | – | x | x5 | x | x | x | – | – | |
| Croatia |
x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | – | |
| Cyprus |
x | x | x | x | – | – | – | x | x | – | – | |
| Czech Republic |
x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x 1 | x | – | |
| Democratic People's Republic of Korea |
x | *6 |
x | x6 | x7 |
x | – | – | x1
|
– | – | |
| Denmark |
x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x 1 | x | – | |
| Djibouti |
x | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | x 1 | – | * 23 | |
| Dominican Republic |
x | x | x | – | x | – | x | x | x | – | – | |
| El Salvador [Note EN ES] |
x | x | x | – | x | x | x | x | x 1 | – | – | |
| Finland |
x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | – | |
| France |
x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | – | |
| Gambia |
x | – | – | – | – | x | – | x | x | – | – | |
|
Georgia |
x | x | – | – | x | x | – | x | x 35 | * 36 | – | |
| Germany |
x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | |
| Greece |
x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | – | |
| Honduras |
x | x | x | – | – | – | – | x | x | – | – | |
| Hungary |
x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x 1 | – | – | |
| x | x | x | – | x | x | x | x | x | *37 | x | ||
| Indonesia |
x | – | x | – 9 | x | – | – | – | x | – | – | |
| Israel |
x | x | x | – | x | x | x | x 14 | x | *16 | x | |
| Italy |
x | x | x | x | x | – | x | x | x | 10 | – | |
| Jamaica |
x | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Japan |
x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x 1 | – | – | |
|
Jordan |
x | x | x | – | – | – | x | x | x | – | – | |
|
Kenya |
x | x | x | – | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | |
| Kyrgyzstan |
x | – | x | – | x | x | – | – | x | – | – | |
| Latvia |
x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | – | |
| Lithuania |
x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | – | |
| Madagascar |
x | x | – | – | x | x | – | x | x | – | – | |
| Malaysia |
x | x | x | – | x | x | x | – | x | – | – | |
| Mauritius |
x | – | x – x |