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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: European patents

Article L614-8

…le shall ensure the translation and publication in French of the abstracts provided for in Article 78, paragraph 1-e, of the Munich Convention.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Rights attached to the deposit

Article L622-8

Chapter IVa of Title I of this Book shall apply to this Chapter.

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

Article L712-8

The applicant may request that a trade mark be registered notwithstanding opposition to it if he can show that such registration is indispensable for the protection of the trade mark abroad. If the op…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Geographical indications protecting industrial and craft products

Article L721-8

I. - Without prejudice to articles L. 115-16 of the Consumer Code and L. 722-1 of this code, registered names are protected against: 1° Any direct or indirect commercial use of a registered name in re…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Collective marks

Article L715-8

A collective mark may only be assigned or transferred to a legal entity meeting the conditions set out in the first paragraph of article L. 715-7.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 5: Pledging of software exploitation rights

Article R132-8

Pledges of the right to use software are entered in the special National Software Register kept by the National Institute of Industrial Property. Included therein for each piece of software are: 1° Th…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Civil actions

Article L722-8

Civil actions and claims relating to geographical indications, including where they also concern a related issue of unfair competition, shall be brought exclusively before the judicial courts, determi…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Resale rights

Article R122-8

Any person likely to benefit from the resale right who wishes to obtain from the organisations on the list mentioned in I of article R. 122-7 the transmission of a notice of sale concerning him, of wh…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Procedure

Article R134-8

The application for withdrawal provided for in the second paragraph of article L. 134-6 must be made to the collective management organisation mentioned in article L. 134-3. Failing to establish withi…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 11: Account overdrafts

Article L312-89

…reement that this information is provided in the statement of account referred to in Article L. 312-88.

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