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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: European patents

Article L614-4

…agraph may be granted at any time. Subject to the provisions of the first paragraph of Article L. 614-5, it shall be acquired ipso jure at the end of a period of four months from the filing of the app…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Civil actions

Article L615-4

As an exception to the provisions of Article L. 613-1, acts prior to the date on which the patent application was made public under Article L. 612-21 or that of the notification to any third party of…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Filing

Article L622-4

The Director of the National Institute of Industrial Property registers the filing after examining its formal regularity. Publication is made under conditions laid down by decree in the Council of Sta…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1 : Issue of plant variety certificates

Article L623-4

…or combination of genotypes of the initial variety. V.-Subject to the provisions of Article L. 623-24-1, the production, offering, sale, placing on the market, import, export, transhipment, use and or…

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Section 1: Civil actions

Article L722-4

Infringement may be proved by any means. To this end, any person having standing under this title shall be entitled to have carried out at any place and by any bailiffs, where appropriate assisted by…

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Chapter IV: Transfer and loss of trademark rights

Article L714-4

The rights of the proprietor of a trademark pursuant to Articles L. 714-5, L. 714-6, L. 715-5 and L. 715-10 shall be declared forfeited by a court decision or by a decision of the Director General of…

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Chapter VII: European Union trade mark

Article L717-4

…al which shall have exclusive jurisdiction to hear the actions and claims provided for in Article 124 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of 14 June 2017, including where such actions involve both a trade ma…

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Section 2: Geographical indications protecting industrial and craft products

Article L721-4

The defence and management of a product benefiting from a geographical indication shall be ensured by a private body with legal personality. The same body may ensure the defence and management of seve…

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Section 1: Guarantee marks

Article L715-4

…on to the grounds for refusal or invalidity provided for respectively in Articles L. 712-7 and L. 714-3, a guarantee trade mark shall be refused registration or, if registered, may be declared invalid…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Rights conferred by the trade mark

Article L713-4

The right conferred by a trade mark does not entitle its proprietor to prohibit its use in respect of goods which have been put on the market in the European Union or in the European Economic Area und…

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