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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Appeals to the Court of Appeal against decisions of the Director General of the National Institute of Industrial Property

Article R411-22

The parties are required to constitute a lawyer.The constitution of the lawyer entails election of domicile.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Professional non-trading companies

Article R422-22

The Articles of Association may allocate a reduced number of votes to partners who only exercise their profession on a part-time basis. They may also allocate partners a reduced number of votes for as…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Inventions by natural persons who are not employees or public servants, hosted by a legal person carrying out research

Article R611-22

Inventions whose author is an inventor covered by article L. 611-7-1, hosted by a legal entity carrying out research in which, at the date of the invention declaration, more than half of the permanent…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Submission of applications

Article R612-22

Proof of the exhibitor's right, defined in Article L. 611-13, first paragraph, second indent b, shall be provided within four months of the filing date of the patent application in the form of a certi…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Compulsory licences in the interests of public health

Article R613-22

The licence applicant, the patent owner and the licence holders or their representatives may be heard by the committee responsible for issuing the opinions provided for in articles R. 613-10 and R. 61…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 4: Joint Conciliation Committee

Article R615-22

On the appointed day, the commission hears the parties, it endeavours to reconcile their points of view and reach conciliation. If one of the parties does not appear, the commission establishes its fa…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Examination of applications for plant variety certificates.

Article R623-22

In the event that the proposed denomination is recognised by the person in charge of the tasks falling within the remit of the national plant variety authority as not complying with the provisions of…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 5: Miscellaneous provisions

Article R716-22

The court hearing an application for a declaration of invalidity brought by the proprietor of an application for registration of a trade mark shall stay the proceedings until publication of the regist…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Exchange and dissemination of information

Article L512-22

The provisions of article 11 of the Code of Criminal Procedure or those relating to professional secrecy do not prevent the disclosure of information by authorised agents, with a view to preventing a…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 5: Mediation

Article L623-22

Only the applicant association may take part in mediation, under the conditions set out in the Chapter I of Title II of Law no. 95-125 of 8 February 1995 relating to the organisation of the courts and…

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