Section 1: Registration application

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.