French Intellectual Property Code
In forceThe Director General of the Institute shall proceed with registration after obtaining the opinion of the Compagnie nationale des conseils en propriété industrielle. The opinion is deemed to have been given if the company has not formulated it within a period of one month from the date of referral.
Refusal of registration is made by a reasoned decision which is notified to the interested party.
The registration of natural persons is made in the name of the industrial property attorney followed by the name of the firm within which he practises or, if it is a company, its corporate name or name.
If the industrial property attorney has not produced proof that he fulfils the conditions laid down in Article R. 422-2, and in particular those required by 4° of that Article, he shall be given formal notice by the Director General of the Institute to regularise his situation within the period indicated in that formal notice.
If, on expiry of the period referred to in the previous paragraph, the person concerned has not regularised his situation, the Director General of the Institute will order his suspension, which will cease to have effect as soon as the situation has been regularised. The suspension is published under the conditions set out in
article R. 422-66.
Any company that no longer meets the conditions set out in
Article L. 422-7.The Director General of the Institute removes from the list provided for in
article R. 422-1an industrial property attorney whose suspension has exceeded six months.
