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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Appeals against the decisions of the person in charge of missions falling within the remit of the national plant variety authority

Article R412-19

The Court of Appeal rules, after hearing the public prosecutor.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: The National Company of Industrial Property Attorneys

Article R422-10

The company's general meeting elects for two years from among its members, by secret ballot, an executive committee consisting of nine people, including a chairman, three vice-chairmen, a secretary, a…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Procedures and penalties

Article R343-1

…is twenty working days or thirty-one calendar days, whichever is longer, from the date of the order..

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Appeals against the decisions of the person in charge of missions falling within the remit of the national plant variety authority

Article R412-17

The appeal shall be lodged by petition addressed to the First President of the Paris Court of Appeal by the applicant in person or by a lawyer duly registered at a bar.If the applicant does not appear…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Inventions by civil servants and public officials.

Article R611-11

…rson governed by public law are subject to the provisions of Article L. 611-7 under the conditions set out in this sub-section, unless more favourable contractual stipulations govern the industrial pr…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Designation of the inventor and claim of ownership.

Article R611-16

…l be mentioned as such in the publications of the patent application and in the patent specifications. If this cannot be done, he shall be mentioned in the copies of the publications of the patent app…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Designation of the inventor and claim of ownership.

Article R611-18

An action to claim ownership of a patent application or patent shall be entered in the National Patent Register at the request of the person who brought the action. If the court decision is in favour…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Customs detention

Article R523-1

Chapter Va of Title III of Book III shall apply to the detention by the customs administration of goods likely to infringe designs, as provided for in Chapter Ia of Title II of Book V. .

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 4: Joint Conciliation Committee

Article R615-18

The other party shall be notified of the referral to the commission by the secretariat. At the same time, it shall be invited to submit, within the time limit set by the chairman, its written observat…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 4: Joint Conciliation Committee

Article R615-19

Within the time limit set by the President, the National Institute of Industrial Property shall communicate to the latter those items in its possession which may be disclosed without prejudice to the…

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