Any opposition filed after the deadline, or filed by a person who was not entitled to do so, or which does not comply with the conditions set out in articles R. 712-13 and R. 712-14, is declared inadmissible.
Where the opposition is based on several prior rights, it is declared inadmissible only if all of these rights do not comply with the conditions set out in articles R. 712-13 and R. 712-14. Otherwise, the opposition is declared admissible but deemed unfounded only in respect of those earlier rights that do not comply with those conditions.
In the event of inadmissibility noted ex officio, the Director General of the Institut National de la Propriété Industrielle will notify the grounds for inadmissibility to the opponent. The applicant is then given a period of time by the Director General in which to contest these grounds. In the absence of well-founded observations, the opposition is declared inadmissible.
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