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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article A123-29

The Registrar will affix to each registration file, for the sole purpose of managing these files, a management number consisting of the figures for the current year, followed by the letter A in the ca…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article A123-39

Each individual file includes an original, in paper or electronic form, of the entries made either on declaration or ex officio, as well as the documents in paper or electronic form held at the regist…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Legal action by trade unions.

Article L1235-8

Representative employee trade union organisations may take all legal action resulting from legal provisions or collective bargaining agreements governing the dismissal of an employee for economic reas…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Acquisition of Trade Mark Rights

Article L712-6-1

If a trade mark protected in a State party to the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property has been registered in France in the name of the agent or representative of the proprietor…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Revocation of the trade mark

Article L716-3

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: Elements constituting a trade mark

Article L711-2

The following may not be validly registered and, if registered, may be declared invalid: 1° A sign which cannot constitute a trade mark within the meaning of Article L. 711-1; 2° A trade mark devoid o…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Invalidity of the trade mark

Article L716-2-2

The invalidity decision has absolute effect. Where the grounds for invalidity affect the registration of a trade mark only in part, only a partial invalidity shall be granted.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: Elements constituting a trade mark

Article L711-1

A trade mark for goods or services is a sign used to distinguish the goods or services of one natural or legal person from those of other natural or legal persons.This sign must be capable of being re…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Acquisition of Trade Mark Rights

Article L712-3

Within two months of the publication of the application for registration, any person may submit written observations to the Director General of the National Institute of Industrial Property specifying…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Acquisition of Trade Mark Rights

Article L712-6

If a registration has been applied for either in fraud of the rights of a third party or in breach of a legal or contractual obligation, the person who believes he or she has a right to the mark may c…

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