by manuel.roche | Feb 15, 2017 | All, Copyright, Internet, Trademarks
A few months ago, we commented the judgment of the Court of First instance of Paris of 29 January 2016 which denied copyright protection to promotional pictures of flowers published on an e-commerce web site because of their lack of originality (here). Before the...
by manuel.roche | Jul 13, 2014 | All, Designs
According to the French Intellectual Property Code, a design shall only be protected if it is new and has individual character (Article L.511-2). But when it comes to industrial designs, the French Patent and Trademark Office (INPI) does not perform an examination on...