I am corrected. There is no exemption for personal use or educational use in the US. --- Graham
== On Friday, November 10, 2017 at 12:48:44 PM UTC-6, Eric Keller wrote: > > Unfortunately, in the U.S., there is no personal use or educational use > waiver of patent protection. However, as long as you don't bring a lot of > attention to the device, it shouldn't be a problem. China may have much > more lenient patent laws, but I don't know this. > > I feel like that wouldn't receive a patent in the U.S. > > On Fri, Nov 10, 2017 at 11:33 AM, Graham <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> It is a Chinese patent. >> Since I can not read Chinese, it is not clear to me whether it has been >> filed in Europe or Germany, specifically. >> I don't know German patent law. >> Here in the US, you are permitted to build a unit for personal use and >> study, even though it may infringe on the patent. >> You must not sell them or offer them for sale, or give them away for free >> if doing so would harm the person or company holding the patent. >> If the patent holder did not pay to file and maintain the patent in EU or >> Germany, then it may not apply to you. >> I suggest you talk to a lawyer for your school and see if German law is >> similar. >> >> --- Graham >> >> == >> >> On Friday, November 10, 2017 at 9:31:23 AM UTC-6, [email protected] >> wrote: >>> >>> Hello, >>> I´m a student from Germany. >>> My plan for my Bachelor thesis is to develop a system as described in >>> the Patent >>> <https://www.google.de/patents/CN105652813A?cl=en&dq=ethercat+am335&hl=de&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjFpOqFmLTXAhXBvBQKHa2QDtcQ6AEIJzAA> >>> CN >>> 105652813 A. >>> My knowledge about Patents is very low, but is it right that I can´t use >>> a Beagle Bone Black for my Project because it has that Processor? >>> I hope anyone can answer my Question. >>> >>> -- >> For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "BeagleBoard" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/8a5ad131-f783-4119-b33e-6896fb12fa47%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/8a5ad131-f783-4119-b33e-6896fb12fa47%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/17a4db71-2566-4577-b116-3b3bc904a6a5%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
