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Article R422-55 of the French Intellectual Property Code

November 7, 2023

The request for exemption referred to in 3° of Article L. 422-12 shall be sent to the Minister responsible for industrial property or, by delegation, to the Director of the National Institute of Industrial Property by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt or delivered against receipt. It shall state the purpose of the waiver, where appropriate the desired duration and the reasons for which it is requested. It shall be…

Article R422-55-1 of the French Intellectual Property Code

November 7, 2023

The continuing professional training provided for by Article L. 422-10-1 is a professional obligation which ensures that each industrial property attorney registered on the list provided for in Article L. 422-1 updates and improves the knowledge required to practise his profession. The duration of continuing education is twenty hours over the course of a calendar year or forty hours over the course of two consecutive years. The continuing training obligation…

Article R422-55-2 of the French Intellectual Property Code

November 7, 2023

Any natural or legal person practising the profession of industrial property attorney is subject to checks by the Compagnie nationale des conseils en propriété industrielle concerning compliance with the conditions for inclusion on the list of industrial property attorneys provided for in Article L. 422-5 as well as compliance with the professional obligations set out in Section IV of this chapter.

Article R422-55-3 of the French Intellectual Property Code

November 7, 2023

Controls are carried out by one or more controllers chosen by the President of the Compagnie nationale des conseils en propriété industrielle from among industrial property attorneys or former members of the profession. .

Article R422-55-4 of the French Intellectual Property Code

November 7, 2023

The inspector(s) shall immediately inform the Director General of the National Institute of Industrial Property and the President of the Compagnie nationale des conseils en propriété industrielle of any fact, observed during an inspection, which may constitute a breach of the conditions and obligations mentioned in Article R. 422-52-2.

Article R422-55-5 of the French Intellectual Property Code

November 7, 2023

Within thirty days of the end of the physical inspection operations, the inspector(s) will send a provisional report to the person who was the subject of the inspection. The latter will have a period of thirty days in which to make written observations on the content of the report. At the end of this period, the examiner(s) will draw up a final report, to which they will attach the written…

Article R422-56 of the French Intellectual Property Code

November 7, 2023

The disciplinary chamber, provided for in Article L. 422-10 for dealing with breaches of their obligations by industrial property attorneys, is composed of seven members: 1° A magistrate of the judiciary, chairman, appointed on the proposal of the first president of the Paris court of appeal; 2° A member of the Council of State appointed on the proposal of the vice-president of the Council of State; 3° A former president…

Article R422-57 of the French Intellectual Property Code

November 7, 2023

The members of the Disciplinary Board and their alternates shall be appointed for a term of four years, renewable once, by joint order of the Minister of Justice and the Minister responsible for industrial property. .

Article R422-57-1 of the French Intellectual Property Code

November 7, 2023

The secretary of the Compagnie nationale des conseils en propriété industrielle is the rapporteur of the Disciplinary Board. If he is unable to act, the office of the company shall appoint a substitute from among its members. The secretariat of the Disciplinary Board is provided by the Institut national de la propriété industrielle.

Article R422-58 of the French Intellectual Property Code

November 7, 2023

The matter is referred to the Disciplinary Board by the Keeper of the Seals, Minister of Justice, by the Minister responsible for industrial property, by the Director General of the National Institute of Industrial Property, by the President of the National Association of Industrial Property Attorneys or by the complaint of a person who considers himself to have been harmed by the failure of an industrial property attorney to fulfil…

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Article R422-55 of the French Intellectual Property Code

Article R422-55-1 of the French Intellectual Property Code

Article R422-55-2 of the French Intellectual Property Code

Article R422-55-3 of the French Intellectual Property Code

Article R422-55-4 of the French Intellectual Property Code

Article R422-55-5 of the French Intellectual Property Code

Article R422-56 of the French Intellectual Property Code

Article R422-57 of the French Intellectual Property Code

Article R422-57-1 of the French Intellectual Property Code

Article R422-58 of the French Intellectual Property Code

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