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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: Entry on the list of persons qualified in industrial property matters

Article R421-4

The indication of specialisation attached to the registration of persons qualified in industrial property may be that of patents for invention or that of trademarks, designs and models, on the basis o…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Liberal practice partnerships

Article R422-46

Companies for the liberal practice of industrial property attorneys are subject to the provisions relating to the obligations, guarantee and discipline applicable to the profession of industrial prope…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Appeals to the Court of Appeal against decisions of the Director General of the National Institute of Industrial Property

Article R411-40

The First President shall designate the Chamber to which the case shall be distributed.The Registry shall notify the lawyers constituted and the Director General of the National Institute of Industria…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Liberal practice partnerships

Article R422-49

A partner temporarily banned from practising his profession retains, for the duration of his sentence, his status as a partner with all the rights and obligations arising therefrom, with the exception…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Liberal practice partnerships

Article R422-41

The provisions of this sub-section govern companies formed pursuant to Title I of the Law n° 90-1258 of 31st December 1990 and whose corporate object is the joint practice of the profession of industr…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Liberal practice partnerships

Article R422-47

The partner of a private practice company set up to practise the profession of industrial property attorney may be excluded from it in the event of a final disciplinary sanction having the effect of t…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Appeals to the Court of Appeal against decisions of the Director General of the National Institute of Industrial Property

Article R411-41

Subject to the provisions of Articles R. 411-29, R. 411-30 and R. 411-32, the president of the chamber to which the case is distributed shall set the time limits within which the parties to the procee…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Professional non-trading companies

Article R422-40

…ded by at least three quarters of the members. The provisions of articles 8 to 16 of decree n° 78-704 of 3 July 1978 are applicable. A copy of the deed appointing the liquidator shall be sent by the l…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Liberal practice partnerships

Article R422-42

Deeds and documents intended for third parties, in particular letters, invoices, advertisements and various publications, emanating from a company for the liberal practice of industrial property attor…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Appeals to the Court of Appeal against decisions of the Director General of the National Institute of Industrial Property

Article R411-43

The time limits provided for in articles R. 411-21, R. 411-26 and R. 411-29 are increased: 1° By one month, when the claim is brought: a) Either before a court whose registered office is in mainland F…

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