French Intellectual Property Code

Civil actions and claims relating to literary and artistic property, including when they also relate to a related issue of unfair competition, shall be brought exclusively before judicial courts, determined by regulation. Regularly constituted professional defence bodies shall be entitled to institute legal proceedings to defend the interests for which they are statutorily responsible. A beneficiary validly invested on an exclusive basis, in accordance with the provisions of Book II,…

If the claimant proves circumstances likely to jeopardise the recovery of damages, the court may order the precautionary seizure of the movable and immovable property of the alleged infringer, including the freezing of his bank accounts and other assets, in accordance with ordinary law. In order to determine the assets that may be subject to seizure, it may order the disclosure of banking, financial, accounting or commercial documents or access…

If so requested, the court hearing the case on the merits or in summary proceedings in civil proceedings provided for in Books I, II and III of Part One may order, if necessary under a penalty payment, in order to determine the origin and distribution networks of the goods and services allegedly infringing the plaintiff’s rights, the production of any documents or information held by the defendant or by any…