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Article L511-3 of the French Intellectual Property Code

A design shall be regarded as new if, at the date of filing of the application for registration or at the date of priority claimed, no identical design has been disclosed. Designs are considered identical when their characteristics differ only in insignificant details.

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Article L511-3

Un dessin ou modèle est regardé comme nouveau si, à la date de dépôt de la demande d’enregistrement ou à la date de la priorité revendiquée, aucun dessin ou modèle identique n’a été divulgué. Des dessins ou modèles sont considérés comme identiques lorsque leurs caractéristiques ne diffèrent que par des détails insignifiants.

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