Section 1: Exclusive right of exploitation

As an exception to the provisions of articles L. 613-2-2 and L. 613-2-3, the sale or any other act of commercialisation of livestock or animal reproductive material by the patent holder, or with his consent, to a farmer implies authorisation for the latter to use the protected livestock for agricultural purposes, where appropriate in return for remuneration. This authorisation includes making the animal or animal reproductive material available for the…

The rights conferred by articles L. 613-2-2 and L. 613-2-3 do not extend to acts performed with a view to creating or discovering and developing other plant varieties.

The rights conferred by the patent do not extend to acts concerning the product covered by that patent, performed on French territory, after that product has been placed on the market in France or on the territory of a State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area by the patent owner or with his consent unless there are legitimate grounds for that owner to oppose further marketing of…

Any person who, in good faith, at the date of filing or priority of a patent, was, in the territory where this Book is applicable, in possession of the invention which is the subject of the patent, shall have the right, in a personal capacity, to work the invention notwithstanding the existence of the patent. The right recognised by this Article may only be transferred together with the business, undertaking…