If I&#x27;m reading it correctly, the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) disagrees [1]<p>&gt; Most of the Member States provide the private and&#x2F;or non-commercial use exception
under their statutes. Only the response from Australia informed that the exception was not included in its statutes, but provided by common law as a “non-commercial use defense”<p>...<p>&gt; Most of the Member States, however, provide a broad definition of the scope of the patent rights which encompasses all kinds of activities, and explicitly stipulate that private use for non-commercial purposes or private and non-commercial use is an exception to the exclusive patent rights. In formulating the exception, provisions of many national laws stipulate that the it applies to acts carried out in the private sphere and for non-commercial purposes or to use of a patented invention for personal needs with no purpose to make profits. The response from the United Kingdom stated that the exclusion is provided for acts done “privately and for the purposes which are not commercial”.<p>[1] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.wipo.int&#x2F;edocs&#x2F;mdocs&#x2F;patent_policy&#x2F;en&#x2F;scp_20&#x2F;scp_20_3.pdf" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.wipo.int&#x2F;edocs&#x2F;mdocs&#x2F;patent_policy&#x2F;en&#x2F;scp_20&#x2F;scp_...</a>