Subject to the provisions of international conventions to which France is a party, a foreigner who is neither established nor domiciled in the territory of a Member State of the European Community or of a State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area shall benefit from the provisions of this Book provided that his country grants reciprocal protection to French designs.
The application for registration shall be filed, on pain of invalidity, at the Institut national de la propriété industrielle where the applicant has his domicile or registered office in Paris or outside France. Where the applicant has his domicile or registered office in France outside Paris, he may, at his option, file the application for registration at the Institut national de la propriété industrielle or at the registry of the…
The application for registration shall be filed in the forms and under the conditions laid down in this Book. It shall contain, on pain of inadmissibility, the identification of the applicant and a reproduction of the designs for which protection is sought. The application for registration shall be rejected if it appears: a) That it has not been submitted in the prescribed conditions and form; b) That its publication is…
An applicant or holder of a filing who has not complied with the prescribed time limits may, if he can show a legitimate excuse, be relieved of any forfeiture he may have incurred.
The registration of a design is declared invalid by a court decision: a) If it does not comply with the provisions of articles L. 511-1 to L. 511-8; b) If its owner could not benefit from the protection provided for in article L. 511-9 ; c) If the design infringes rights attached to an earlier design which has been made available to the public after the date of submission of…
If the grounds for invalidity affect the design only in part, the registration may be maintained in a modified form provided that, in that form, the design meets the criteria for the grant of protection and its identity is preserved.
A court decision declaring a design to be totally or partially invalid shall have absolute effect. It is entered in the national register mentioned in Article L. 513-3.
The registration takes effect, as from the date of filing of the application, for a period of five years, which may be extended by periods of five years up to a maximum of twenty-five years. Designs filed before 1 October 2001 remain protected, without possible extension, for a period of twenty-five years from their filing date. Designs whose protection has been extended, before 1 October 2001, for a further period…
Without prejudice to the rights resulting from the application of other legislative provisions, in particular Books I and III of this Code, the registration of a design confers on its proprietor a right of ownership which he may assign or grant.
Any act modifying or transmitting the rights attached to a registered design may only be relied on as against third parties if it has been entered in the National Designs Register. However, before it has been entered, an act may be relied on as against third parties who acquired rights after the date of that act but who were aware of it when those rights were acquired. A licensee who…
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