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Showing 17011710 of 6535 articles for Art. CA Rennes – 17 Dec. 2024 – no. 23/05277

French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: The National Institute of Industrial Property

Article R411-17

I. - The National Institute of Industrial Property shall collect fees, the amount and terms of application of which shall be laid down by joint order of the Minister responsible for industrial propert…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: The national plant variety authority

Article R412-17

…all be lodged by petition addressed to the First President of the Paris Court of Appeal by the applicant in person or by a lawyer duly registered at a bar.If the applicant does not appear in person, h…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Title I: Acquisition of rights

Article R512-17

…must be the owner entered in the National Designs Register. However, where such changes and rectifications relate to an act previously recorded, the request may be made by any party to the act.The re…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Right to title

Article R611-17

…panied by the consent of the person wrongly designated, and, if the request is not made by the applicant or the proprietor of the patent, by the consent of either. The provisions of Article R. 612-10…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Exploitation rights

Article R613-17

…ational de la Propriété Industrielle shall be notified of the decision. It shall be entered automatically in the National Patent Register.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Submission and processing of applications

Article R612-17

…ises: 1° A preamble mentioning the designation of the subject matter of the invention and the technical features which are necessary for the definition of the claimed elements but which, combined toge…

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Chapter IV: Application of international agreements and European Union law

Article R614-17

…s payable referred to in the third paragraph of Article R. 614-5 are the filing fee and, where applicable, the fee for drawing up the search report provided for in article R. 612-5. In the case provid…

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

Article R623-17

Within a period of two months from the date of the publication provided for in the preceding article, any person having an interest therein may submit observations to the person in charge of the tasks…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter V: Legal proceedings

Article R615-17

If the application does not comply with the provisions of the preceding article, the secretariat shall invite the applicant to complete it within a period of one month. The option shall be open, befor…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Title I: Trademarks and service marks

Article R712-17

…Article R. 712-16-2 are suspended: 1° Where the opposition is based in whole or in part on an application for registration of a trade mark, on an application for a geographical indication or on a geo…

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