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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1 : Issue of plant variety certificates

Article L623-9

…y exploited without special authorisation shall be laid down by regulation. Subject to article L. 623-10, this authorisation may be granted at any time. It is acquired ipso jure at the end of a period…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Filing

Article L622-3

The right to the deposit belongs to the creator or his successor in title. If a deposit has been made in violation of the rights of the creator or his successor in title, the injured party may claim t…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter IVa: Withholding

Article L614-35

During the withholding period referred to in Article L. 614-32 and in the second paragraph of I of article L. 614-34, the owner of the patent or of the supplementary protection certificate attached to…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Rights and obligations attached to plant variety certificates

Article L623-23-1

…e date on which it was granted the variety did not satisfy the conditions mentioned in Article L. 623-2.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1 : Issue of plant variety certificates

Article L623-16

Preliminary examination, issue of the certificate and all acts of registration or deletion give rise to the payment of fees for services rendered. A fee is paid annually throughout the period of valid…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1 : Issue of plant variety certificates

Article L623-12

…iety for which protection is sought constitutes a new plant variety in accordance with Article L. 623-2. However, the body referred to in Article L. 412-1 may consider as sufficient the prior examinat…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1 : Issue of plant variety certificates

Article L623-4-1

…basis for non-professional or non-commercial purposes; 2° Acts performed on an experimental basis; 3° Acts performed for the purpose of creating a new variety or acts referred to in I of Article L. 6…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: European patents

Article L614-3

The Minister responsible for defence is authorised to take cognisance at the Institut national de la propriété industrielle, on a confidential basis, of European patent applications filed at that inst…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Joint ownership of patents

Article L613-31

The co-owner of a patent application or patent may notify the other co-owners that he is surrendering his share to them. With effect from the entry of such abandonment in the National Patent Register…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Transfer and loss of rights

Article L613-28

…marketing authorisation is invalid;-if it is granted in breach of the provisions of article L. 611-3. In the event that the patent to which it relates is invalid for only a fraction of those of its p…

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