Where a single filing relates to several designs, the products in which these designs are intended to be incorporated or to which they are intended to be applied must fall within the same class, within the meaning of the classification established by the Locarno Agreement of 8 October 1968. However, this condition does not apply where the filing relates to ornamentation or if it has been made in the simplified form provided for in the fifth paragraph of Article L. 512-2.
The application includes:
1° An application for registration drawn up in accordance with the conditions laid down in the decision referred to in Article R. 514-5 and specifying in particular:
a) The identification of the applicant;
b) The number of designs concerned;
c) The total number of graphic or photographic reproductions included in the application, which may not relate to more than one hundred reproductions;
d) The number of reproductions which relate to each identified design;
e) The usual designation of the product in which the design is intended to be incorporated or to which it is intended to be applied;
f) Where applicable, an indication that publication of the filing is to be deferred, that the right of priority attached to a previous foreign filing is claimed or that a guarantee certificate has been issued pursuant to the Law of 13 April 1908;
2° A graphic or photographic reproduction of the designs presented in accordance with the conditions set out in the decision referred to in 1°. Each reproduction must relate to a single object and represent only that object, to the exclusion of any other object, accessory, person or animal. Explanatory texts, captions or any other indication that is not an integral part of the design are not permitted on or next to the reproductions. Reproductions may be accompanied by a brief description drawn up exclusively for documentary purposes. Its definitive content shall, if necessary, be formatted by the National Institute of Industrial Property;
3° Proof of payment of the prescribed fees;
4° If an agent is appointed, the agent’s power of attorney, unless he is an industrial property attorney or a lawyer.
The applicant may, until the publication provided for in Article R. 512-10, obtain at his own expense an official copy of the documents contained in his filing.