French Intellectual Property Code

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…

A decision shall be made on the application for registration referred to in articles R. 714-4, R. 714-4-1 and R. 714-6 within six months of filing. This period is interrupted, where applicable, by the notification provided for in article R. 714-7, until the application is regularised or the objection is withdrawn. .

Failing an express decision within the period mentioned in Article R. 714-7-1, the application is deemed accepted.

Any entry made in the National Register of Trademarks shall be mentioned in the Official Bulletin of Industrial Property. Any interested person may obtain from the Institute: 1° A certificate of identity including the design of the mark, the indications relating to the filing and registration, and, where applicable, the limitations to the list of goods or services resulting from a withdrawal, renunciation, division or decision; 2° A reproduction of…

Inadmissible, rejected, or non-renewed deposits may be returned to their owner, at his 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 inadmissible and rejected deposits, or ten years for non-renewed deposits.