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Article L111-3 of the French Intellectual Property Code

Intangible property as defined by Article L. 111-1 is independent of ownership of the tangible object.

As a result of this acquisition, the acquirer of this object is not invested with any of the rights provided for by this Code, except in the cases provided for by the provisions of the second and third paragraphs of Article L. 123-4. These rights subsist in the person of the author or his successors in title who, however, may not require the owner of the material object to make this object available to them for the exercise of the said rights. Nevertheless, in the event of notorious abuse by the owner preventing the exercise of the right of disclosure, the judicial court may take any appropriate measure, in accordance with the provisions of article L. 121-3.

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Article L111-3

La propriété incorporelle définie par l’article L. 111-1 est indépendante de la propriété de l’objet matériel.

L’acquéreur de cet objet n’est investi, du fait de cette acquisition, d’aucun des droits prévus par le présent code, sauf dans les cas prévus par les dispositions des deuxième et troisième alinéas de l’article L. 123-4. Ces droits subsistent en la personne de l’auteur ou de ses ayants droit qui, pourtant, ne pourront exiger du propriétaire de l’objet matériel la mise à leur disposition de cet objet pour l’exercice desdits droits. Néanmoins, en cas d’abus notoire du propriétaire empêchant l’exercice du droit de divulgation, le tribunal judiciaire peut prendre toute mesure appropriée, conformément aux dispositions de l’article L. 121-3.

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