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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Rights conferred by registration

Article L513-1

The registration takes effect, as from the date of filing of the application, for a period of five years, which may be extended by periods of five years up to a maximum of twenty-five years.Designs fi…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Rights conferred by registration

Article L513-4

In the absence of the consent of the owner of the design, the manufacture, offering, placing on the market, import, export, transhipment, use, or possession for these purposes, of a product incorporat…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Rights conferred by registration

Article L513-2

Without prejudice to the rights resulting from the application of other legislative provisions, in particular Books I and III of this Code, the registration of a design confers on its proprietor a rig…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Rights conferred by registration

Article L513-5

…conferred by the registration of a design extends to any design which does not produce a different overall visual impression on the informed observer.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Rights conferred by registration

Article L513-8

The rights conferred by the registration of a design shall not extend to acts relating to a product incorporating that design, where that product has been put on the market in the European Community o…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Rights conferred by registration

Article L513-7

The rights conferred by the registration of a design shall not be exercised: a) On equipment installed on board ships or aircraft registered in another country when they temporarily enter French terri…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Rights conferred by registration

Article L513-3

…y be relied on as against third parties if it has been entered in the National Designs Register.However, before it has been entered, an act may be relied on as against third parties who acquired right…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Rights conferred by registration

Article L513-6

…conferred by the registration of a design shall not be exercised in respect of:1° Acts performed privately and for non-commercial purposes;2° Acts performed for experimental purposes;3° Acts of reprod…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Intervention procedures

Article L1523-1

Local semi-public companies may intervene on behalf of persons who do not participate in their capital. For operations other than the provision of services, this intervention is subject to the conditi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Intervention procedures

Article L1523-4

In the event that the company goes into compulsory liquidation, concessions awarded on the basis of article

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