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Article L513-3 of the French Intellectual Property Code

Any act modifying or transmitting the rights attached to a registered design may only be relied on as against third parties if it has been entered in the National Designs Register.

However, before it has been entered, an act may be relied on as against third parties who acquired rights after the date of that act but who were aware of it when those rights were acquired.

A licensee who is a party to a licence agreement that is not entered in the national or international Designs Register is also entitled to intervene in infringement proceedings brought by the owner of the design in order to obtain compensation for his own loss.

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Article L513-3

Tout acte modifiant ou transmettant les droits attachés à un dessin ou modèle déposé n’est opposable aux tiers que s’il a été inscrit au Registre national des dessins et modèles.

Toutefois, avant son inscription, un acte est opposable aux tiers qui ont acquis des droits après la date de cet acte mais qui avaient connaissance de celui-ci lors de l’acquisition de ces droits.

Le licencié, partie à un contrat de licence non inscrit sur le Registre national ou international des dessins et modèles, est également recevable à intervenir dans l’instance en contrefaçon engagée par le propriétaire du dessin ou modèle afin d’obtenir la réparation du préjudice qui lui est propre.

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