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Article R422-12 of the French Intellectual Property Code

Two or more industrial property attorneys registered on the national list of industrial property attorneys provided for in Article L. 422-1 may form a professional non-trading company between themselves for the joint practice of the profession of industrial property attorney.

However, the company may be formed, exclusively or not, between natural persons who are not registered on the national list of industrial property attorneys but who meet the conditions required for inclusion on the list, provided that each of them applies for registration at the latest at the same time as the company.

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Article R422-12

Deux ou plusieurs conseils en propriété industrielle inscrits sur la liste nationale des conseils en propriété industrielle prévue à l’article L. 422-1 peuvent constituer entre eux une société civile professionnelle pour l’exercice en commun de la profession de conseil en propriété industrielle.

Toutefois, la société peut être constituée, exclusivement ou non, entre des personnes physiques non inscrites sur la liste nationale des conseils en propriété industrielle mais remplissant les conditions requises pour y figurer, sous la condition que chacune d’elles demande son inscription au plus tard en même temps que la société.

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