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Article L714-7 of the French Intellectual Property Code

Any transfer or modification of the rights attached to a trade mark must, in order to be enforceable against third parties, be entered in the National Trade Mark Register.

However, before it is entered, an act is enforceable against third parties who acquired rights after the date of that act but who were aware of it when those rights were acquired.

A licensee who is a party to a licence agreement that is not entered in the National or International Trade Mark Register is also entitled to intervene in infringement proceedings brought by the trade mark proprietor in order to obtain compensation for his own loss.

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Article L714-7

Toute transmission ou modification des droits attachés à une marque doit, pour être opposable aux tiers, être inscrite au Registre national des marques.

Toutefois, avant son inscription, un acte est opposable aux tiers qui ont acquis des droits après la date de cet acte mais qui avaient connaissance de celui-ci lors de l’acquisition de ces droits.

Le licencié, partie à un contrat de licence non inscrit sur le Registre national ou international des marques, est également recevable à intervenir dans l’instance en contrefaçon engagée par le titulaire de la marque afin d’obtenir la réparation du préjudice qui lui est propre.

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