French Intellectual Property Code

The company provided for in Article L. 422-7-1 is entered on the list of industrial property attorneys provided for in Articles L. 422-1 and L. 422-7, in a section specific to multi-professional practice companies.

The declaration of incorporation of a multi-professional practice company, the purpose of which is in particular the practice of the liberal profession of industrial property attorney, shall be sent to the Director General of the National Institute of Industrial Property by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt or by any means that makes it possible to establish the date of receipt of this declaration. This declaration shall be accompanied by…

The Director General of the Institut national de la propriété industrielle shall register the company, by way of derogation from Article R. 422-3-1, within two months of receipt of the declaration provided for in the first paragraph of the preceding article, provided that the legal and regulatory conditions for such registration are met.

The information provided for in articles 9 and 18 of the aforementioned Decree No. 2017-794 of 5 May 2017 shall be sent to the Director General of the Institut national de la propriété industrielle and to the President of the Compagnie des conseils en propriété industrielle. Decisions taken by the Director General of the Institut national de la propriété industrielle against a company, pursuant to Section 6 of Chapter 1…

The guarantee provided for in Article L. 422-8 only covers damage incurred in the course of practising the profession of industrial property attorney.