A trademark registration may be renewed if it does not involve any modification of the sign or extension of the list of goods or services. The owner of the trade mark shall be informed by the National Institute of Industrial Property of the expiry of the registration, without the Institute being liable for the absence of such information.
The renewal shall be effected and published in accordance with the procedures and within the time limits laid down by decree in the Council of State.
It is subject neither to verification of compliance with the provisions of Article L. 711-2, nor to that of Articles L. 715-4 and L. 715-9, nor to the opposition procedure provided for in Article L. 712-4.
The new ten-year period runs from the expiry of the previous one.
Any modification of the sign or extension of the list of designated goods or services must be the subject of a new filing.