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Article R335-16 of the French Intellectual Property Code

I.-When the customs administration decides to take a sample, three copies are taken by the customs officers. One is given to the owner of the copyright or related right or his representative, the other is given to the holder or declarant or the representative of one of them and the last is kept by the customs administration. The three samples must, as far as possible, be identical. The sample is…

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Article R335-17 of the French Intellectual Property Code

On notification of the detention, the holder of the goods is invited to inform the owner of the possibility offered to him to oppose the destruction of these goods. The right holder is informed that the detention and, where applicable, the destruction of the goods is carried out under his responsibility.

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Article R335-18 of the French Intellectual Property Code

When they are intended to be destroyed with the consent of the copyright or related right holder and the consent of the holder of the goods, whether or not they are transported in small consignments, the goods remain detained until they are destroyed. The destruction of the goods is carried out under the responsibility of the holder of the copyright or related right. The destruction of the goods is recorded…

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Article R343-1 of the French Intellectual Property Code

The period provided for in the last paragraph of Article L. 343-2 and given to the claimant to take civil or criminal action on the merits, or to lodge a complaint with the public prosecutor, is twenty working days or thirty-one calendar days, whichever is longer, from the date of the order. .

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Article R343-2 of the French Intellectual Property Code

When a case is referred to it for the purposes of infringement seizure pursuant to Article L. 343-1, the court may ex officio order the temporary sequestration of the seized items in order to ensure the protection of business secrecy, under the conditions provided for in article R. 153-1 of the French Commercial Code.

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Article R411-1 of the French Intellectual Property Code

The Institut national de la propriété industrielle shall in particular be responsible for: 1° The examination of patent applications, the grant of patents and all documents relating thereto, and the examination of oppositions; 1° bis. The granting, on the advice of the Minister for Defence, of authorisations for the disclosure and free working of patents for invention referred to in Article L. 612-9, as well as, at the request of…

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