Chapter VIII: Common provisions

The time limits set by the National Institute of Industrial Property shall not be less than one month nor more than four months.

Where a time limit is expressed in days, the day of the act, event, decision or notification which causes it to run shall not count. Where a time limit is expressed in months or years, the time limit shall expire on the day of the last month or year which bears the same number as the day of the act, event, decision or notification which causes the time limit to…

Any notification shall be deemed to be in order if it is made: 1° To the last proprietor of the trademark application declared to the Institute or to the last proprietor entered in the National Register of Trademarks; 2° To the local authorities and public establishments mentioned in Article L. 712-2-1; 3° To the agent of the aforementioned natural or legal persons. If the natural or legal person to whom…

The notifications provided for in this Title shall be made by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt. Registered mail may be replaced by delivery of the letter to the addressee, against receipt, on the premises of the National Institute of Industrial Property or by a message in electronic form in accordance with the procedures laid down by the Director General of the Institute to guarantee in particular the security of…

All correspondence or documents relating to proceedings before the National Institute of Industrial Property provided for in this Title shall be filed at the registered office of the Institute or sent there by post or by any means of teletransmission under the conditions defined by decision of its Director General. Their filing date shall be that of receipt at the registered office of the Institute. The Director General of the…