Chapter I: The National Institute of Industrial Property

As soon as it is constituted, the defendant’s lawyer shall inform the plaintiff’s lawyer and, by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, the Director General of the National Institute of Industrial Property. A copy of the act of constitution shall be filed with the court registry.

The Registrar shall send to the Director General of the National Institute of Industrial Property, by simple letter, a copy of the notice of appeal. As soon as he is notified of the appeal, the Director General of the National Institute of Industrial Property shall transmit to the Court Registry the file of the case, which shall include the written observations and exhibits transmitted by the parties and all the…

On pain of the notice of appeal lapsing, raised ex officio, the applicant shall have a period of three months from the date of that notice to file his pleadings with the registry. Under the same penalty and within the same period, he shall send his pleadings by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt to the Director General of the National Institute of Industrial Property and provide proof thereof to…

The defendant shall have, on pain of inadmissibility noted ex officio, a period of three months from the notification of the claimant’s pleadings referred to in Article R. 411-29 to file his pleadings with the registry and lodge, where appropriate, a cross-appeal. Under the same sanction and within the same period, he shall send his pleadings by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt to the Director General of the National…

The cross-appeal shall be lodged in accordance with the provisions of article R. 411-25.

The defendant to a cross-appeal shall have a period of three months from the date on which he was notified of the application to intervene, failing which he shall be deemed inadmissible. The intervener in the proceedings shall have a period of three months from the date on which he was notified of the application to intervene, failing which he shall be deemed inadmissible. A voluntary intervener shall have the…

The pleadings shall be served and the exhibits communicated simultaneously by each party’s lawyer to that of the other party; in the event of multiple plaintiffs or defendants, they must be served on all the lawyers constituted. They shall be sent to the Director General of the Institut National de la Propriété Industrielle by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt. Copies of the submissions shall be delivered to the court…

Subject to the sanctions provided for in Articles R. 411-29, R. 411-30 and R. 411-32, the submissions shall be notified to the parties’ lawyers and sent to the Director General of the National Institute of Industrial Property within the same time limit as that for their delivery to the court registry. Subject to the same sanctions, they shall be served at the latest within one month of the expiry of…

The Director General of the National Institute of Industrial Property shall notify the parties to the proceedings of his written observations by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt. He shall send a copy to the court registry.

In the event of force majeure, the president of the chamber may waive the application of the penalties provided for in articles R. 411-29, R. 411-30 and R. 411-32.