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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Title III: Procedures and penalties

Article R335-5

…s of securing his or her access that will prevent it from being used again for the purposes of reproduction, representation or making available or communicating to the public works or objects protecte…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Audiovisual and Digital Communication Regulatory Authority

Article R331-5

…icable, of one of its local chambers. The wording of the oath is as follows: "I swear to perform my duties well and faithfully and not to reveal or use anything that comes to my knowledge in the cours…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Regulatory and monitoring role in the field of technical protection measures and the identification of protected works and objects

Article R331-51

…letter with acknowledgement of receipt or by direct notification between the parties' lawyers. Procedural documents must be filed with the court registry in triplicate.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Regulatory and monitoring role in the field of technical protection measures and the identification of protected works and objects

Article R331-53

…d to disputes concerning the interoperability of technical measures, to the minister in charge of industrial property, by simple letter on the initiative of the registry.

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

Article R422-5

Any person registered on the list of industrial property attorneys may request to be removed from it. They must do so if they no longer meet the conditions set out in Article R. 422-2. The request is…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Title II: Industrial property qualification

Article R421-5

…on a principal basis of an activity of study, advice, assistance or representation in matters of industrial property, ancillary rights and rights relating to any related matter. The professional prac…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: The National Institute of Industrial Property

Article R411-5

…ber. No person may hold more than one proxy. The Board of Directors may adopt its own rules of procedure.

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

Article R422-55

…or exemption referred to in 3° of Article L. 422-12 shall be sent to the Minister responsible for industrial property or, by delegation, to the Director of the National Institute of Industrial Propert…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: Protected rights and works

Article R511-5

…gisters, regularly kept in date order, without blanks or gaps, may, in the event of disputes, be produced with a view to establishing the date of the creation whose priority is disputed.

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

Article R422-52

Industrial property attorneys practise their profession with dignity, conscience, independence and probity, and in compliance with the laws and regulations governing their company.

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