French Intellectual Property Code

Failing an express decision within the period mentioned in Article R. 512-9-2, the application is deemed to be rejected.

Acknowledged filings are published in the Bulletin officiel de la propriété industrielle, unless the applicant has requested deferment of publication for three years at the time of filing. Deferment of publication may only relate to the entire filing. Publication only takes place at the end of the three-year period. Deferment is automatic if the filing was made in simplified form in accordance with article R. 512-4. The applicant may waive…

Where the filing has been made in simplified form, the applicant must, no later than six months before the end of the three-year period provided for in Article R. 512-10, waive deferment of publication in writing and deliver to the National Institute of Industrial Property: 1° Graphic or photographic reproductions of the design(s) to be published that comply with the presentation requirements set out in 2° of Article R. 512-3;…

The application for relief from the disqualification provided for in Article L. 512-3 must be made within two months of the cessation of the impediment, and the act not performed must be performed within the same period. It is no longer admissible after a prefixed period of six months counted from the expiry of the unobserved period. The application shall be submitted to the Director General of the Institute by…

Failing an express decision within the time limit mentioned in Article R. 512-12-1, the application is deemed to be accepted.

The National Designs Register is kept by the National Institute of Industrial Property. It contains, for each filing: 1° The identification of the holder and the references of the filing as well as subsequent acts affecting its existence or scope; 2° Acts modifying the ownership of a design or the enjoyment of the rights attached thereto; in the event of a claim of ownership, the corresponding summons; 3° Changes of…

The indications provided for in 1° of Article R. 512-13 are 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 Designs Register.

Acts modifying the ownership of a design deposit or the enjoyment of the rights attached thereto, such as assignment, grant of a right of exploitation, constitution or assignment of a right of pledge or renunciation of such right, seizure, validation and release of seizure, shall be registered at the request of one of the parties to the act, or, if he is not a party to the act, of the…