Chapter II: Conditions of practice of the profession of industrial property attorney

The deliberation takes place without the presence of the parties. The rapporteur and the secretary of the chamber shall not take part in the deliberation. The decision shall state the reasons on which it is based. It is taken by a simple majority. However, temporary disbarment for more than one year or permanent disbarment may only be decided by a majority of five members, or four members where the Disciplinary…

The reprimand is published anonymously on the website of the National Institute of Industrial Property and on the website of the National Association of Industrial Property Attorneys. Temporary or permanent removal from the list of industrial property attorneys is published in the Bulletin officiel de la propriété industrielle, on the website of the Institut national de la propriété industrielle and on the website of the Compagnie nationale des conseils en…

Any company a member of which has been permanently struck off for disciplinary reasons shall be struck off the special section provided for in Article L. 422-7, by decision of the Director General of the Institut national de la propriété industrielle, if the person concerned has not ceased to carry on business therein within three months. The registrar referred to in article R. 422-6 is notified of this decision to…

Any referral or complaint provided for in this Section shall be made by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt or by any method of teletransmission which confers a date certain on its receipt in accordance with the conditions defined by decision of the Director General of the National Institute of Industrial Property. The Director General of the National Institute of Industrial Property may require that referrals, complaints or opinions be…

The observations of the parties, notifications, summonses of the parties, decisions of the prosecuting authority and of the appeal body to the parties and to the President of the Board, provided for in this section, shall be made by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt. Registered mail may be replaced by an electronic message in accordance with the procedures laid down by the Director General of the National Institute of…