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Article L331-30 of the French Intellectual Property Code

Any person benefiting from the exceptions mentioned in 2° of Article L. 331-28 or any approved legal entity representing that person may refer to the Autorité de régulation de la communication audiovisuelle et numérique any dispute concerning the restrictions that the technical protection measures defined in Article L. 331-5 place on the benefit of the said exceptions.

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Article L331-31 of the French Intellectual Property Code

I.- Legal entities and establishments open to the public referred to in 7° of Article L. 122-5 that make reproductions or representations of a protected work or object suitable for disabled people may refer to the Autorité de régulation de la communication audiovisuelle et numérique any dispute relating to the transmission of printed texts in the form of a digital file. II.-As part of its role in facilitating access for…

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Article L331-32 of the French Intellectual Property Code

With due respect for the rights of the parties, the Autorité de Régulation de la Communication Audiovisuelle et Numérique shall promote or encourage a conciliatory solution. Where it draws up a conciliation report, it shall be enforceable; it shall be filed with the registry of the judicial court. Failing conciliation within two months of its referral, the authority, after giving the interested parties the opportunity to present their observations, shall…

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Article L331-33 of the French Intellectual Property Code

The Autorité de régulation de la communication audiovisuelle et numérique may be asked for an opinion by one of the persons referred to in Article L. 331-29 on any question relating to the interoperability of technical measures. The authority may determine, in the context of its opinions, the constituent elements of the technical documentation provided for in the same Article L. 331-29. It may also be referred to for an…

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Article L332-1 of the French Intellectual Property Code

Any author of a work protected by Book I of this Part, his successors in title or his assigns may bring an infringement action. To this end, such persons shall be entitled to have any bailiffs, where appropriate assisted by experts appointed by the plaintiff, carry out, by order made on request by the competent civil court, either a detailed description, with or without taking samples, or the actual seizure…

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Article L332-2 of the French Intellectual Property Code

Within a time limit fixed by regulation, the distrainee or the garnishee may request the president of the judicial court to order the release of the seizure or to confine its effects, or to authorise the resumption of manufacture or that of public performances or performances, under the authority of an administrator constituted as sequestrator, on behalf of whomsoever he may choose, of the products of such manufacture or exploitation….

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Article L332-3 of the French Intellectual Property Code

If the distrainor fails, within a period set by regulation, either to take civil or criminal action on the merits, or to lodge a complaint with the public prosecutor, the entire seizure, including the description, shall be cancelled at the request of the distrainee or the garnishee, without the latter having to give reasons for its request and without prejudice to any damages that may be claimed.

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Article L332-4 of the French Intellectual Property Code

Infringement of software and databases may be proven by any means. To this end, any person with standing to bring an infringement action is entitled to have carried out in any place and by any bailiffs, where appropriate assisted by experts appointed by the plaintiff, pursuant to an order made on request by the competent civil court, either a detailed description, with or without taking samples, or the actual seizure…

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