Civil actions and claims relating to patents for invention, including in the cases provided for in Article L. 611-7 or when they also concern a related question of unfair competition, shall be brought exclusively before the judicial courts, determined by regulation, with the exception of appeals lodged against administrative acts of the Minister responsible for industrial property, which shall come under the jurisdiction of the administrative courts.
The foregoing provisions shall not prevent recourse to arbitration under the conditions laid down in Articles 2059 and 2060 of the Civil Code.
The judicial courts referred to in the first paragraph of this Article shall have exclusive jurisdiction to declare that the French patent ceases to have effect, in whole or in part, under the conditions provided for in Article L. 614-13 of this Code.