Applications for invalidity or revocation of trade marks submitted to the Institut national de la propriété industrielle shall be made in the form and under the conditions defined by decree of the Conseil d’Etat.
The Director General of the Institut national de la propriété industrielle shall decide on the application for invalidity or revocation after an adversarial procedure including an investigation phase under conditions defined by decree of the Conseil d’Etat.
The Director General of the Institut national de la propriété industrielle shall decide on the application for invalidity or revocation after an adversarial procedure including an investigation phase, under the conditions defined by decree of the Conseil d’Etat.
The decision of the Director General of the Institut national de la propriété industrielle is final.
The decision of the Director General of the Institute has the effect of a judgement within the meaning of Article L. 111-3, 6° of the Code of Civil Enforcement Procedures.
The application for invalidity or revocation is deemed to have been rejected if the Director General of the Institute has not given a ruling within the period, set by decree in the Conseil d’Etat, which runs from the date of the end of this investigation phase.