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Versions of s. 56(4)

P-4 — Patent Act · 2 versions · View current text

Historical text comes from the Justice Laws point-in-time corpus and is unofficial — not the official version.

  1. 2018-12-13 to present available View Source
    SectionThe 56 of the Patent Act, as it read immediately before October 1, 1989, applies in respectuse of a purchase,service constructionis ornot acquisitionan madeinfringement beforeof a patent if the dayservice onis whichprovided by a person who, under subsection (1) cameor intoparagraph force of an invention for which a patent(2)(b), is issuedable beforeto Octoberprovide 1,it 1989without or is issued after October 1, 1989 oninfringing the basis of an application filed before October 1, 1989.patent.
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    The use of a service is not an infringement of a patent if the service is provided by a person who, under subsection (1) or paragraph (2)(b), is able to provide it without infringing the patent.

  2. 2002-12-31 to present View Source

    Section 56 of the Patent Act, as it read immediately before October 1, 1989, applies in respect of a purchase, construction or acquisition made before the day on which subsection (1) came into force of an invention for which a patent is issued before October 1, 1989 or is issued after October 1, 1989 on the basis of an application filed before October 1, 1989.