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Article R623-18 of the French Intellectual Property Code

Challenges relating to the validity of the breeder’s right over the variety for which a plant variety certificate is applied for are brought directly before the judicial courts and, in the overseas territories, the courts of first instance.

They are entered in the register.

Original in French 🇫🇷
Article R623-18

Les contestations relatives au bien-fondé du droit de l’obtenteur sur la variété pour laquelle un certificat d’obtention végétale est demandé sont portées directement devant les tribunaux judiciaires et, dans les territoires d’outre-mer, les tribunaux de première instance.

Elles font l’objet d’une inscription au registre.

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