by manuel.roche | Jun 15, 2015 | All, Designs, Patents, Trademarks
Governmental decree of 10 June 2015, published 13 June 2015, decided a raise in official fees payable to the French Patent and Trademark Office, INPI or National Institute for Industrial Property. On average it is a 5% increase and all IP titles are concerned even...
by manuel.roche | May 29, 2015 | All, Patents
In the business world, trust does not mean confidentiality. And being overconfident in business relationships may have irreparable consequences, especially as far as intellectual property rights are concerned. That is what the owners of a European patent and a French...
by manuel.roche | May 18, 2015 | All, Trademarks
The acquiescence has been introduced into the French law in 1991 by the transposition of the European Directive No. 89/104 of 21 December 1988. Unlike in the Common Law system countries, where the effect of acquiescence applies to all types of Intellectual Property...
by manuel.roche | Apr 30, 2015 | All, Trademarks
On 14 April 2015, French Parliament adopted the Law aiming to modernize the health system, which includes measures for prevention of smoking, and in particular imposes the plain packaging for tobacco products. The French law transposes almost immediately the European...
by manuel.roche | Apr 19, 2015 | All, Internet, Trademarks
Trademark rights are often compared to monopolistic rights. There are however some significant exceptions such as the one provided by Article L.713-6, b) of the French Intellectual Property Code. “Registration of a mark shall not prevent use of the same sign or a...
