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Failing an express decision within the time limit mentioned in Article R. 513-2-1, the application is deemed accepted.
Inadmissible, rejected, lapsed, non-extended deposits, as well as those whose protection has expired, may be returned to their owner, at the owner’s request and expense. If they have not been claimed, they may be destroyed by the National Institute of Industrial Property after a period of one year for ineligible, rejected or forfeited deposits, or ten years for deposits that have not been extended or whose protection has expired.
The time limits set by the National Institute of Industrial Property in accordance with this Title shall be neither 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 that causes the time limit 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 that bears the same date as the day of the act, event, decision or notification that causes the time…
Any notification is deemed to be in order if it is made: 1° Either to the last holder of the filing declared to the Institute or, after the publication provided for in Article R. 512-10, to the last holder entered in the National Designs Register; 2° Or to the agent of the aforementioned holder. If the proprietor is not domiciled in a Member State of the European Community or in…
The notifications provided for in Chapters II, III and IV of 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…
The procedures for submitting the application and the contents of the file shall be specified by decision of the Director General of the National Institute of Industrial Property, in particular as regards: 1° The application for registration and the material specifications to be met by the graphic or photographic reproduction provided for in Article R. 512-3; 2° The declaration of extension provided for in Article R. 513-1 ; 3° The…
All correspondence or documents relating to proceedings before the National Institute of Industrial Property provided for in this Book shall be filed at the registered office of the Institute or shall be sent there by post or by any means of teletransmission under the conditions defined by decision of its Director General. The date of filing shall be the date of receipt at the registered office of the Institute. The…
The Articles R. 512-1 to R. 514-5 are applicable to filings taking effect on 15 September 1992 subject to the following provisions: 1° Filings made before 15 September 1992 shall remain subject, as regards the conditions of material presentation, to the previously applicable provisions; 2° Requests for maintenance, requests for publicity or extension, requests for restitution or communication presented before 15 September 1992 shall be executed in accordance with the…
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