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In article <4489@cluster.cs.su.oz.au> patents@cs.su.oz.au writes:
|In copyright, independent creation is a complete defense.  If you sit down
|to the typewriter and happen to bang out the text of "Hunt for Red October",
|having never seen Clancy's book, it will be a defense to Clancy's lawsuit
|that you independently created it.  The monkeys and the typewriters, etc.

Its only a copyright defense if people are willing to believe it.  
I for one would not believe it no matter how many witnesses and/or 
documents you present to make your case.

|(v) Can I build a patented device for my own use and enjoyment?
|
|People build infringing items in their sheds all the time, I suppose.  But
|in most countries including the US, this is no defense to infringement.  
|Activities in sheds are, of course, rarely detected and patent owners 
|can hardly stop what they have not detected.

However, I believe building a patented device *purely* for experimental
and/or educational value is explicitly permitted? Yes/No?