Article L716-5 of the French Intellectual Property Code
I.-The following may only be brought before the Institut national de la propriété industrielle: 1° Applications for a declaration of invalidity based exclusively on one or more of the grounds listed in Article L. 711-2, in points 1 to 5, 9 and 10 of the I of Article L. 711-3, in point III of the same Article and in Articles L. 715-4 and L. 715-9; 2° Claims for forfeiture based…