The professional practice provided for in Article R. 421-1 (3°) results from the exercise on a principal basis of an activity of study, advice, assistance or representation in matters of industrial property, ancillary rights and rights relating to any related matter.
The professional practice must have been acquired in France in the field corresponding to the specialisation sought and under the responsibility of a person qualified in industrial property registered with the same specialisation. This professional practice may also have been acquired in another Member State of the European Union or in a State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area or party to an agreement with France recognising this professional practice provided that it was acquired under the responsibility of a person authorised to represent persons, in the subject matter corresponding to the specialisation sought, before the central industrial property service of the State in which he is established.
When the practice has not been acquired under the responsibility of such a person or when it has been acquired in a third country, the panel provided for in Article R. 421-6 may, on the basis of a file, admit to the examination a candidate whose practice has been recognised as equivalent in terms of its content, scope and compliance with the usual standards in the specialisation concerned.
Candidates whose practice has been recognised as equivalent in terms of its content, scope and compliance with the usual standards in the specialisation concerned will be admitted to the examination.