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

Article L721-5

…ublished 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
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

The proprietor of an earlier right who has tolerated for a period of five consecutive years the use of a later trade mark registered with knowledge of such use shall no longer be entitled to apply for…

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

Article L712-7

…the application for registration: 1° If it does not satisfy the conditions set out in Article L. 712-2 ; 2° If the trade mark does not meet the conditions set out in 1° and 5° to 10° of Article L. 71…

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

Article L716-2

I.- Applications for invalidation of trademarks based on Articles L. 711-2, L. 715-4 and L. 715-9 shall be filed with the National Institute of Industrial Property by any natural person or legal entit…

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

Article L712-5

The Director General of the National Institute of Industrial Property shall rule on the opposition after an adversarial procedure including an investigation phase, under the conditions defined by decr…

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

Article L712-2

The application for registration shall be filed and published in the form and under the conditions laid down by this Title and specified by decree in Council of State. In order to benefit from a filin…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 4: Withholding

Article L623-40

…d of infringing a plant variety certificate is implemented after a request mentioned in Article L. 623-36 has been accepted, goods suspected of infringing a plant variety certificate may be destroyed…

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

Article L721-3

…itut national de la propriété industrielle by a defence and management body, defined in article L. 721-4, representing the operators concerned. The approval decision is taken after : 1° Verification o…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Designations of origin

Article L721-1

The rules for determining designations of origin are set out in Article L. 115-1 of the Consumer Code reproduced below: "Article L. 115-1 : An appellation of origin is the name of a country, region or…

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