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Article R623-58 of the French Intellectual Property Code

Any person who, on the occasion of any acts of transfer, concession or marketing of a variety benefiting from a plant variety certificate, wishes to make use of the option offered to him by Article L. 623-15 to attach a trademark or service mark to the variety denomination, whether this trademark is his own or has been granted to him, must take the necessary precautions, particularly in correspondence, advertising, in…

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Article D623-58-1 of the French Intellectual Property Code

The composition and operation of the joint conciliation commission specific to the plant variety field are governed by articles R. 615-9 to R. 615-11, R. 615-13 to R. 615-34, subject to the following adaptations: 1° The words: “Director General of the Institut national de la propriété industrielle” are replaced by the words: “Head of the national plant variety authority” and the words: “Institut national de la propriété industrielle” are replaced…

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Article R623-59 of the French Intellectual Property Code

I.-Species, other than those listed in Council Regulation (EC) No 2100/94 of 27 July 1994 on Community plant variety rights, for which farmers have the right, pursuant to Article L. 623-24-1, to use on their own holdings, without the breeder’s authorisation, for propagating purposes, the product of the harvest which they have obtained by planting a protected variety, are: 1° Fodder plants: a) Trifolium pratense – Red clover; b) Trifolium…

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Article D631-1 of the French Intellectual Property Code

As stated in article D. 211-5 of the Code of Judicial Organisation, the seat and jurisdiction of the judicial courts called upon to hear actions relating to new plant varieties pursuant to article L. 623-31 of the Intellectual Property Code are set in accordance with the table V annexed to the code de l’organisation judiciaire, hereinafter reproduced: Headquarters and jurisdiction of the judicial courts competent to hear actions in respect…

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Article D631-2 of the French Intellectual Property Code

The seat and jurisdiction of the judicial courts having exclusive jurisdiction to hear actions relating to patents for invention, utility certificates, supplementary protection certificates and topographies of semiconductor products pursuant to the articles L. 611-2, L. 615-17 et L. 622-7of the Intellectual Property Code are set in accordance with Article D. 211-6 of the Judicial Organisation Code.

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Article R711-1 of the French Intellectual Property Code

The trade mark shall be represented in the national trade mark register in an appropriate form by means of commonly available technology, provided that it can be represented in that register in a clear, precise, distinct, easily accessible, intelligible, durable and objective manner. This representation may be accompanied by a description provided that it corresponds to the representation of the trade mark and does not extend the scope of protection….

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