The seat and jurisdiction of the courts of appeal with jurisdiction to hear the actions referred to in article R. 411-19 are determined in accordance with table XVI appended to article D. 311-8 of the code de l’organisation judiciaire.
When the person lodging the appeal lives abroad, the Paris court of appeal has jurisdiction. An address for service must be given within the jurisdiction of that court.
However, the Paris Court of Appeal alone has jurisdiction to hear directly appeals lodged against decisions of the Director of the Institut national de la propriété industrielle concerning the grant, rejection, opposition or maintenance of patents for invention, utility certificates, supplementary protection certificates and topographies of semiconductor products.