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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Submission of applications

Article L612-3

Where two patent applications are filed successively by the same inventor or his successor in title within a period of not more than twelve months, the applicant may request that the second applicatio…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Exclusive right of exploitation

Article L613-3

In the absence of the consent of the owner of the patent, the following are prohibited:a) The manufacture, offering, placing on the market, use, import, export, transhipment, or possession for the afo…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: European patents

Article L614-3

The Minister responsible for defence is authorised to take cognisance at the Institut national de la propriété industrielle, on a confidential basis, of European patent applications filed at that inst…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Filing

Article L622-3

The right to the deposit belongs to the creator or his successor in title. If a deposit has been made in violation of the rights of the creator or his successor in title, the injured party may claim t…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter IVa: Withholding

Article L614-39

A decree in the Council of State sets out:

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter IVa: Withholding

Article L614-34

I. - Where detention, as provided for by European Union regulations and relating to goods suspected of infringing a patent or a supplementary exploitation certificate, is implemented before an applica…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Civil actions

Article L615-3

Any person having standing to bring an infringement action may apply to the competent civil court for summary proceedings in order to obtain an order, if necessary subject to a fine, against the alleg…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter IVa: Withholding

Article L614-37

Where the applicant uses information communicated to him by the customs administration, notwithstanding Article 59 bis of the Customs Code, for purposes other than those provided for in this chapter,…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Rights conferred by the trade mark

Article L713-3

The use in the course of trade, in relation to goods or services, of a sign identical with, or similar to, the trade mark which has a reputation and which is used in relation to goods or services iden…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 4: Withholding

Article L623-38

I. - Where detention, as provided for by European Union regulations and relating to goods suspected of infringing a plant variety certificate, is implemented before an application by the holder of the…

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