A decree in the Council of State shall set: 1° The conditions for application of the measures provided for in Articles L. 521-14 to L. 521-17-3; 2° The conditions under which the destruction of goods likely to constitute an infringement of a design, as provided for by European Union regulations, takes place, as well as the conditions for taking samples prior to the said destruction.
Chapters I and Ia of this Title shall apply to infringements of the rights of the proprietor of a Community design.
A decree of the Conseil d’Etat shall determine the seat and jurisdiction of the courts of first instance and of appeal which shall have jurisdiction to hear the actions and claims provided for in Article 80 of Council Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 of 12 December 2001 on Community designs, including where such actions and claims concern both a design matter and a related unfair competition matter.
Any invention may be the subject of an industrial property title issued by the Director of the National Institute of Industrial Property which confers on its holder or his successors in title an exclusive right of exploitation. The issue of the title gives rise to the legal dissemination provided for in Article L. 612-21. Subject to the provisions of international conventions to which France is a party, foreign nationals whose…
Industrial property titles protecting inventions are: 1° Patents for invention, granted for a term of twenty years from the date of filing of the application; 2° Utility certificates, granted for a term of ten years from the date of filing of the application; 3° Supplementary protection certificates attached to a patent under the conditions provided for in Article L. 611-3, taking effect at the legal term of the patent to…
Any owner of an invention patent having effect in France and relating to a medicinal product, a process for obtaining a medicinal product, a product necessary for obtaining such a medicinal product or a process for manufacturing such a product may, where these are used for the production of a pharmaceutical speciality which is the subject of a marketing authorisation in accordance with the articles L. 601 or L. 617-1…
Certificates of addition applied for prior to the entry into force of Law No. 90-1052 of 26 November 1990 on industrial property shall remain subject to the rules applicable on the date of their application. However, the exercise of the resulting rights shall be governed by the provisions of this Book.
The right to the industrial property title mentioned in Article L. 611-1 belongs to the inventor or his successor in title. If several people have made the invention independently of each other, the right to the industrial property title belongs to the one who can prove the earliest filing date. In proceedings before the Director of the National Institute of Industrial Property, the applicant is deemed to have the right…
If the inventor is an employee, the right to the industrial property title, in the absence of a contractual stipulation more favourable to the employee, is defined according to the following provisions: 1. Inventions made by the employee in the performance either of an employment contract including an inventive mission corresponding to his actual duties, or of studies and research explicitly entrusted to him, belong to the employer. The employer…
Where the inventor is a natural person who is not covered by Article L. 611-7 and who is hosted under an agreement by a public or private legal person carrying out research, the right to the industrial property title relating to the invention made by that inventor shall, in the absence of a more favourable stipulation for the latter, be defined in accordance with the following provisions: Inventions made by…
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