Legislative Implementation of Flexibilities - Lithuania

Title:	Article 26 of the Patent Law No. I-372 of 18/01/1994(as last amended by Act - No. X-1119 of 10/05/2007)
Field of IP:	Patents
Type of flexibility:	Research exception
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Provisions of Law

The owner of the patent shall have no right to prevent third parties from performing acts referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2, provided that:

2) the act is done for experimental purposes or for scientific research, and this does not conflict with a normal exploitation of the patent and does not unreasonably prejudice the legitimate interests of the patent owner;