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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Patent rights

Article L613-23-6

The revocation decision has absolute effect. The effects of decisions ruling on opposition are retroactive to the filing date of the patent application. Where a decision on opposition partially revoke…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Patent rights

Article L613-17-2

…ncil Regulation (EC) No 953/2003 of 26 May 2003 to avoid trade diversion into the European Union of certain essential medicinal products constitutes an infringement punishable by the penalties laid do…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Patent rights

Article L613-23-3

I.-During the opposition proceedings, the proprietor of the contested patent may amend the claims of that patent provided that: 1° the amendments made meet one of the grounds for opposition mentioned…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Patent rights

Article L613-23-5

Each of the parties to the opposition proceedings shall bear the costs it has incurred, unless the Director General of the National Institute of Industrial Property decides on a different apportionmen…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Patent rights

Article L613-23-4

…amended form taking into account the amendments made by the proprietor during the course of the procedure pursuant to Article L. 613-23-3. Where the Director General of the Institute rejects the oppo…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Patent rights

Article L613-23-1

Opposition may only be based on one or more of the following grounds: 1° The subject matter of the patent is not patentable under the terms of Articles L. 611-10, L. 611-11 and L. 611-13 to L. 611-19;…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: European patents and European patents with unitary effect

Article L614-16-2

…ng or amending the rights attached to a European patent with unitary effect renders these acts enforceable against third parties.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Litigation concerning the invalidity and revocation of trademarks

Article L716-2-4

…lier trade mark relied upon had acquired a sufficiently distinctive character to justify the existence of a likelihood of confusion on the part of the public; 3° An application for a declaration of in…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Litigation concerning the invalidity and revocation of trademarks

Article L716-2-3

…That a) That the earlier trade mark has been put to genuine use in the course of the five years preceding the date on which the application for a declaration of invalidity was filed, in respect of th…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Litigation concerning the invalidity and revocation of trademarks

Article L716-2-1

The application for a declaration of invalidity may relate to some or all of the goods or services for which the contested mark is registered. An application for a declaration of invalidity may be bas…

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