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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Customs detention

Article L716-8-6

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

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

Article L716-2-6

Subject to articles L. 716-2-7 and L. 716-2-8, an action or application for a declaration of invalidity of a trademark shall not be subject to any limitation period.

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

Article L716-2-5

An application for a declaration of invalidity filed on the basis of 2°, 3° and 4° of Article L. 711-2 shall be dismissed where the proprietor of the contested trade mark can establish that the trade…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to administrative invalidity and revocation proceedings

Article L716-1-1

At the request of the winning party, the Director General of the National Institute of Industrial Property shall charge to the losing party all or part of the costs incurred by the other party within…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Transfer and loss of trademark rights

Article L714-8

…s reproducing or imitating the emblem of the Third Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Adoption of an Additional Distinctive Emblem, or the name of tha…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Transfer and loss of trademark rights

Article L714-7

Any transfer or modification of the rights attached to a trade mark must, in order to be enforceable against third parties, be entered in the National Trade Mark Register.However, before it is entered…

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

Article L712-11

Subject to the provisions of international conventions to which France is a party, a foreigner who is neither established nor domiciled on the national territory shall benefit from the provisions of t…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Civil actions

Article L722-1

…this Chapter, "geographical indication" means: a) The designations of origin defined in Article L. 115-1 of the Consumer Code; b) Geographical indications defined in Article L. 721-2; c) Designations…

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

Article L721-4

The defence and management of a product benefiting from a geographical indication shall be ensured by a private body with legal personality. The same body may ensure the defence and management of seve…

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

Article L717-4

…peal which shall have exclusive jurisdiction to hear the actions and claims provided for in Article 124 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of 14 June 2017, including where such actions involve both a trade…

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