French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Trader status.
Article L121-1
Traders are those who carry out commercial acts and make it their usual profession.
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Traders are those who carry out commercial acts and make it their usual profession.
Any information meeting the following criteria is protected as a business secret: 1° It is not, in itself or in the exact configuration and assembly of its elements, generally known or easily accessib…
Civil actions and claims relating to literary and artistic property, including when they also relate to a related issue of unfair competition, shall be brought exclusively before judicial courts, dete…
The application for registration shall be filed, on pain of invalidity, at the Institut national de la propriété industrielle where the applicant has his domicile or registered office in Paris or outs…
Any invention may be the subject of an industrial property title issued by the Director of the National Institute of Industrial Property which confers on its holder or his successors in title an exclu…
A contract concluded as a result of abuse of weakness is null and void.
Any contract concluded as a result of an unlawful commercial practice mentioned in article L. 121-12 is null and void.
Any advertisement that compares goods or services by implicitly or explicitly identifying a competitor or goods or services offered by a competitor is lawful only if:1° It is not misleading or likely…
A contract concluded as a result of an aggressive commercial practice mentioned in articles L. 121-6 and L. 121-7 is null and void.
Where the trader has not reimbursed the consumer in accordance with the conditions set out in article L. 224-35, the sums owed by the professional are automatically increased by half.
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