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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Title II: Protection of technical knowledge

Article R622-8

The finding of reciprocity provided for the application of Article L. 622-2 is granted by joint order of the Minister for Foreign Affairs and the Minister for Industrial Property.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter V: Legal proceedings

Article R615-8

When, in a civil dispute relating to patents for invention, technical expertise appears necessary, the president of the court seised may consult, on the choice of expert, one of the bodies designated…

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

Article R623-8

The application for a plant variety certificate may include under the conditions provided for by Article L. 623-6 a priority claim attached to an earlier deposit made with one of the members of the In…

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

Article R714-8

…e Official Bulletin of Industrial Property.Any interested person may obtain from the Institute:1° A certificate of identity including the design of the mark, the indications relating to the filing and…

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

Article R712-8

…Property, unless it appears either that its presentation does not meet the technical requirements necessary to allow its reproduction, or that its publication would be of such a nature as to infringe…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Litigation concerning the invalidity and revocation of trademarks

Article R716-8

The period mentioned in the last paragraph of Article L. 716-1 is three months. The date of the end of the examination phase referred to in the same article is notified without delay to the parties by…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: General information

Article R721-8

…roperty and the minister responsible for craft trades. When an operator who is a member of the defence and management body wishes to indicate that the product complies with the approved specifications…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter VII: International trade marks and European Union trade marks

Article R717-8

Any application for international registration or for registration subsequent to such registration submitted, under the Madrid Agreement of 14 April 1891 and the Madrid Protocol of 27 June 1989, for t…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Ordinary powers of investigation

Article L512-8

…rised agents may demand to be provided with documents of any kind likely to facilitate the performance of their duties. They may obtain them or take copies of them, by any means and on any medium, or…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter III: Group action

Article L623-8

…than six months after completion of the publicity measures ordered by the court. It sets out the procedures for this membership and specifies whether consumers apply directly to the trader or via the…

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