French Intellectual Property Code

The request for registration of the pledge is made by filing a slip, the form of which is determined by decision of the Director General of the National Institute of Industrial Property. The slip shall include the following particulars: 1° The surname, forenames, domicile or company name, legal form and registered office of the creditor and debtor; 2° The designation of the software by its name, its trademark with a…

Deeds having the effect of modifying or annulling the published rights of the debtor and the creditor, such as, in particular, the assignment, the granting of a right of exploitation, the assignment of the pledge or the renunciation thereof, as well as legal claims and final judicial decisions relating to these rights, shall be registered at the request of one of the parties to the deed. The application shall include:…

Any change of surname, forenames or domicile of natural persons, any change of corporate name, legal form or registered office of legal persons shall be registered at the request of any interested person. The application shall include: 1° A registration application form, the form of which is determined by decision of the Director General of the National Institute of Industrial Property; 2° Any document intended to record changes or modifications…

Requests for the rectification of material errors relating to acts previously published in the register may be submitted by any party to the acts concerned, in accordance with the procedure mentioned in Article R. 132-12. They must be accompanied by all supporting documents. .

In the event of non-compliance with an application for registration, the applicant will be notified and given reasons. The applicant is given two months to regularise the application or submit observations. In the absence of regularisation or observations allowing the objection to be removed, the application is rejected by decision of the Director General of the National Institute of Industrial Property. The notification may be accompanied by a proposal for…

Failing an express decision within the time limit mentioned in article R. 132-14-1, the application is deemed to have been accepted.

The registration ceases to have effect if it has not been renewed, in accordance with the procedure set out in Article R. 132-10, before the expiry of the five-year period running from the date of registration of the pledge.

Cancellation of the registration may be requested by the creditor or the debtor on proof of extinction of the secured debt or production of the deed discharging the registration. Cancellation may also take place by virtue of a final and binding decision.

Any entry made in the Special National Register of Software shall be mentioned in the Official Bulletin of Industrial Property. Any interested person may obtain from the Institute: a) A reproduction of the entries made in the Register; b) A certificate stating that no entry exists.