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Showing 12911300 of 14329 articles for Art. CE 8-11-1978 n° 8603

French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Submission of applications

Article R612-11

…on of the invention at an official or officially recognised exhibition. In the event of non-compliance with the provisions of 3° of Article R. 612-10, the applicant shall be invited to regularise his…

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

Article R613-11

…mittee or to members of the Conseil d'Etat, the Court of Auditors, the Inspectorate General of Finance and the Inspectorate of Pharmacy, appointed by order of the Minister responsible for industrial p…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Filing of applications for plant variety certificates.

Article R623-11

The benefit of the filing date of the certificate application is acquired if at least the documents referred to in Article R. 623-5, even if these documents are not regular in form. If the filing does…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 4: Joint Conciliation Committee

Article R615-11

The commission's secretariat is provided by the Institut national de la propriété industrielle.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: European patents

Article R614-11

…ial Bulletin of Industrial Property within one month of the date on which it was supplied. This notice shall include the information necessary for identification of the patent application. From the da…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Acquisition of Trade Mark Rights

Article R712-11

…is given a period in which to rectify the filing or contest the Institute's objections. In the absence of regularization or observations allowing the objection to be lifted, the application is rejecte…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Administrative proceedings for a declaration of invalidity or revocation of a trade mark

Article R716-11

Proceedings for nullity or lapse are closed: 1° Where the applicant has withdrawn his application; 2° Where the applicant has lost his standing; 3° Where the application is moot as a result of an agre…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: European Union trade mark

Article R717-11

Actions and claims relating to European Union trade marks provided for by Article L. 717-4 shall be brought before the judicial courts mentioned in Article R. 211-7 of the Code of Judicial Organisatio…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Single section: Geographical indications protecting industrial and craft products

Article R721-11

Any notification is deemed to be in order if it is made: 1° Either to the organisation for the defence and management of the geographical indication mentioned in article L. 721-4;2° Or to the authoris…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Collection of information and documents

Article L512-11

Where documents are in computerised form, authorised agents have access to software and stored data as well as to the unencrypted reproduction of information likely to facilitate the performance of th…

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