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Article L615-17 of the French Intellectual Property Code

Civil actions and claims relating to patents for invention, including in the cases provided for in Article L. 611-7 or when they also concern a related question of unfair competition, shall be brought exclusively before the judicial courts, determined by regulation, with the exception of appeals lodged against administrative acts of the Minister responsible for industrial property, which shall come under the jurisdiction of the administrative courts.

The foregoing provisions shall not prevent recourse to arbitration under the conditions laid down in Articles 2059 and 2060 of the Civil Code.

The judicial courts referred to in the first paragraph of this Article shall have exclusive jurisdiction to declare that the French patent ceases to have effect, in whole or in part, under the conditions provided for in Article L. 614-13 of this Code.

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Article L615-17
Les actions civiles et les demandes relatives aux brevets d’invention, y compris dans les cas prévus à l’article L. 611-7 ou lorsqu’elles portent également sur une question connexe de concurrence déloyale, sont exclusivement portées devant des tribunaux judiciaires, déterminés par voie réglementaire, à l’exception des recours formés contre les actes administratifs du ministre chargé de la propriété industrielle qui relèvent de la juridiction administrative.


Les dispositions qui précèdent ne font pas obstacle au recours à l’arbitrage, dans les conditions prévues aux articles 2059 et 2060 du code civil.


Les tribunaux judiciaires mentionnés au premier alinéa du présent article sont seuls compétents pour constater que le brevet français cesse de produire ses effets, en totalité ou en partie, dans les conditions prévues à l’article L. 614-13 du présent code.

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