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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Collective marks

Article L715-7

Any association or group with legal personality representing manufacturers, producers, service providers or traders, as well as any legal person governed by public law, may apply for registration of a…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Guarantee marks

Article L715-2

Any natural or legal person, including a legal person governed by public law, may file a guarantee mark, provided that such person does not engage in an activity relating to the supply of goods or ser…

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

Article L713-3-2

Subject to the application of the provisions of Article L. 716-4-4, the introduction into the national territory, in the course of trade, of goods, without their being put into free circulation there,…

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

Article L711-3

…be declared invalid a trade mark infringing earlier rights having effect in France, in particular: 1° An earlier trade mark : a) Where it is identical to the earlier trade mark and the goods or servi…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Geographical indications protecting industrial and craft products

Article L721-6

The defence and management body contributes to the general interest mission of preserving and promoting the territories, local traditions and know-how as well as the products derived from them. For ea…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Geographical indications protecting industrial and craft products

Article L721-5

…blished in the Bulletin officiel de la propriété industrielle in accordance with 5° of Article L. 721-6. For the purposes of this section, an operator means any natural or legal person who takes part…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter VII: European Union trade mark

Article L717-7

The formule exécutoire referred to in Article 110 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of 14 June 2017 shall be annexed by the Institut national de la propriété industrielle to any final decision of the Offic…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Customs detention

Article L716-8-2

I.-Where the detention of goods suspected of infringing a registered trade mark, as provided for by current Community regulations, is implemented before an application for action by the proprietor of…

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

Article L716-2-8

…titled to apply for a declaration of invalidity of the later trade mark on the basis of Article L. 711-3, in respect of the goods or services for which the use of the trade mark was tolerated, unless…

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

Article L713-6

…a third party from using, in the course of trade, in accordance with honest practices in the trade: 1° Of his surname or address where that third party is a natural person; 2° Of signs or indications…

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