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

Article R712-12-2

Failing an express decision within the time limit mentioned in Article R. 712-12-1, the application is deemed to have been accepted.

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

Article R712-20

…filed. The Institute may require justification of the reality of the material error to be rectified and the meaning of the correction requested.

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

Article R712-24

…submitted within a period of one year immediately preceding the date of expiry of the registration and be accompanied by proof of payment of the prescribed fee.However, the declaration may still be s…

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

Article R712-4

…industrielle, within three months of the filing in France, an official copy of the previous filing and, where applicable, proof of the right to claim priority. If this obligation is not complied with…

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

Article R712-6

As soon as it is received at the National Institute of Industrial Property, the filing gives rise to the allocation of a national number. Where it has not been possible to mention it on the filing rec…

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

Article R712-7

Any filing that does not include the information provided for in Article R. 712-3 (1° a, b and c) and which is not accompanied by proof of payment of the filing fee. However, this inadmissibility can…

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

Article R712-10

…y filing shall give rise to verification by the Institute: 1° That the application for registration and the documents annexed thereto comply with the requirements of the laws and regulations in force;…

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

Article R712-16

When an opposition is referred to it, the National Institute of Industrial Property shall observe and observe itself the principle of contradiction. It may not base its decision on pleas, explanations…

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

Article R712-16-2

…not submitted observations by the end of the periods referred to in 1° to 5° of article R. 712-16-1 and, at the latest, on the day on which oral observations are presented. The Director General of the…

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

Article R712-19

…dication has been noted.Where opposition proceedings are suspended pursuant to the provisions of 2° and 3° of Article R. 712-17, they shall be resumed at the request of one of the parties transmitting…

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