Chapter IV: Transfer and loss of trademark rights

The proprietor of a registered trade mark may renounce it at any time, in respect of all or some of the goods or services. The declaration of renunciation must, in order to be admissible: 1° Be made by the proprietor of the trade mark entered, on the day of the declaration, in the National Trade Mark Register, or by his agent; 2° Be accompanied by proof of payment of the…

Failing an express decision within the period mentioned in Article R. 714-1-1, the application is deemed to have been accepted.

The National Trademarks Register is kept by the National Institute of Industrial Property. In it are listed for each trademark: 1° The identification of the applicant and the references of the filing, as well as subsequent acts affecting its existence or scope and, in the case of a collective mark or guarantee mark, the regulations determining the conditions to which the use of the mark is subject; 2° Acts modifying…

The indications mentioned in 1° of Article R. 714-2 shall be recorded at the initiative of the National Institute of Industrial Property or, in the case of a court decision, at the request of the Registrar or at the request of one of the parties. Only final court decisions may be entered in the National Register of Trademarks.

Acts affecting the ownership of a trade mark or the enjoyment of the rights attaching thereto, such as assignment, grant of a right of exploitation, creation or assignment of a pledge or waiver thereof, seizure, validation and release of seizure, shall be recorded at the request of one of the parties to the act or, if he is not a party to the act, of the owner of the deposit…

Amendments to the regulations determining the conditions to which the use of the mark is subject shall be entered at the request of the holder of the mark on the day of the application for registration. The request shall include: 1° A registration request form; 2° The regulations determining the conditions to which the use of the mark is subject as amended; 3° Proof of payment of the prescribed fee;…

By way of derogation from 2° of Article R. 714-4, may be produced with the application: 1° In the event of a transfer by death: a copy of any deed establishing the transfer, at the request of the heirs or legatees; 2° In the event of a transfer following a merger, demerger or takeover: the unique identification number or, for operators located outside France, a copy of a document equivalent…

The identification of a representative shall be recorded at the request of the representative or the proprietor of the trade mark entered in the National Trade Mark Register. The change or cancellation of a representative shall be recorded at the request of the representative, the new representative or the proprietor of the trade mark entered in the National Trade Mark Register. Changes in the name, legal form and address of…

In the event of non-compliance of an application for registration, reasoned notification shall be given to the applicant. The applicant shall be given a period in which to regularise the application or submit observations. In the absence of regularisation or observations enabling the objection to be removed, the application shall be rejected by decision of the Director General of the National Institute of Industrial Property. The notification may be accompanied…