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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Appeals against decisions by the Audiovisual and Digital Communications Regulatory Authority

Article R331-51

Notifications between parties shall be made by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt or by direct notification between the parties' lawyers. Procedural documents must be filed with the cou…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Appeals against decisions by the Audiovisual and Digital Communications Regulatory Authority

Article R331-53

The decisions of the Paris Court of Appeal or its first president are notified by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt by the court registry to the parties to the proceedings.They are bro…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Joint ventures

Article R422-50

…tion of a joint venture of industrial property attorneys referred to in Title II of the loi n° 90-1258 du 31 décembre 1990 shall give rise to the insertion of a notice in a newspaper authorised to rec…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Entry on the list of industrial property attorneys

Article R422-5

Any person registered on the list of industrial property attorneys may request to be removed from it. They must do so if they no longer meet the conditions set out in Article R. 422-2. The request is…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: Entry on the list of persons qualified in industrial property matters

Article R421-5

The professional practice provided for in Article R. 421-1 (3°) results from the exercise on a principal basis of an activity of study, advice, assistance or representation in matters of industrial pr…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Organisation of the National Institute of Industrial Property

Article R411-5

The Board of Directors meets at least twice a year. It is convened by its Chairman on an agenda set by the Chairman. A quorum is reached if at least seven of its members are present or represented. Wh…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 4: Professional obligations

Article R422-55

The request for exemption referred to in 3° of Article L. 422-12 shall be sent to the Minister responsible for industrial property or, by delegation, to the Director of the National Institute of Indus…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Single section: Special regulatory measures for certain industries

Article R511-5

Either of these registers, regularly kept in date order, without blanks or gaps, may, in the event of disputes, be produced with a view to establishing the date of the creation whose priority is dispu…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 4: Professional obligations

Article R422-52

Industrial property attorneys practise their profession with dignity, conscience, independence and probity, and in compliance with the laws and regulations governing their company.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Filing formalities

Article R512-5

The claiming, on the occasion of a filing made in France, of a right of priority attached to a previous foreign filing entails the obligation to send to the Institut national de la propriété industrie…

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