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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: European patents

Article L614-6

…European patent application may only be converted into a French patent application in the case provided for in Article 135-1 (a) of the Munich Convention. In this case and on pain of rejection of his…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: European patents

Article L614-12

As far as France is concerned, the European patent shall be declared invalid by a court decision on any of the grounds referred to in Article 138(1) of the Munich Convention.If the grounds for invalid…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: European patents

Article L614-5

…of either of the periods mentioned in the last paragraph of article L. 614-4, the prohibitions provided for in the said article may be extended, at the request of the Minister for Defence, for a renew…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: European patents

Article L614-13

…itle with the same filing or priority date, and where the European patent has been the subject of a derogation from the exclusive jurisdiction of the unified patent jurisdiction, pursuant to paragraph…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: European patents

Article L614-11

…ansferring or amending the rights attached to a European patent application or a European patent renders such acts enforceable against third parties.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: European patents

Article L614-15

…granted to him or his successor in title with the same priority date and which is the subject of a derogation from the exclusive jurisdiction of the unified patent jurisdiction, pursuant to paragraph…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: European patents

Article L614-14

…respect of the common parts, be transferred, pledged, hypothecated or granted exploitation rights independently of one another, on pain of invalidity. As an exception to Article L. 613-9, the transfer…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: European patents with unitary effect

Article L614-16-3

A French patent may cover an invention for which a European patent with unitary effect has been granted to the same inventor or his successor in title with the same filing or priority date.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: European patents with unitary effect

Article L614-16-1

Unitary effect may be conferred on a European patent under the conditions laid down in the first paragraph of Article 3 of Regulation (EU) No 1257/2012 of 17 December 2012. The European patent with un…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: European patents with unitary effect

Article L614-16-4

…same inventor or his successor in title, may not, in respect of the common parts, be the subject independently of each other of a transfer, pledge, hypothecation or grant of exploitation rights, on p…

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