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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Technical protection and information measures

Article L331-10

The conditions of access to the playback of a work, videogram, programme, phonogram or press publication and the limitations that may be placed on the benefit of the private copy exception mentioned i…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Control by the Minister for Culture

Article L326-10

…er in charge of culture and informs him, at least two months before it is examined by the general meeting, of any draft amendment to its articles of association, its general regulations or its general…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Operating rules

Article L327-10

…and agents are authorised by its Chairman under the conditions laid down by decree in the Conseil d'Etat to exercise the powers mentioned in Article L. 327-11, after taking an oath. This authorisation…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Collective decisions by members

Article L323-10

When, due to its legal form, the collective management organisation does not have a general meeting of its members, the powers of the latter, as provided for in article L. 323-6, are exercised by the…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Management of income from the exploitation of rights

Article L324-10

…gement costs, under the conditions laid down as part of the general policy defined by the general meeting of members. These deductions must be justified in terms of the services rendered to rights hol…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter Va: Withholding

Article L335-10

…written request of the holder of a copyright or related right, accompanied by proof of his right, detain as part of its controls goods that the holder claims to constitute an infringement. This deten…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Conditions of practice of the profession of industrial property attorney

Article L422-10

Any natural or legal person practising the profession of industrial property attorney who is guilty either of an infringement of the rules of this title or of the texts adopted for its application, or…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Scope of protection

Article L511-10

If a design has been registered in fraud of the rights of a third party or in breach of a legal or contractual obligation, the person who believes he or she has a right to the design may claim ownersh…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Patentable inventions

Article L611-10

…he first paragraph of this Article: a) Discoveries as well as scientific theories and mathematical methods; b) Aesthetic creations; c) Plans, principles and methods in the exercise of intellectual act…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: National Design Litigation

Article L521-10

…ros. When the offence has been committed in an organised gang or on an online public communication network or when the acts involve goods that are dangerous to human or animal health or safety, the pe…

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