by manuel.roche | Jul 21, 2014 | All, Patents
French Cour de cassation, the highest civil Court in France, has just issued a decision, on May 20, 2014, reminding that the invalidity of dependent claims of a patent cannot be inferred from the invalidity of the independent claim to which those dependent claims...
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...
by manuel.roche | Jun 27, 2014 | All, Trademarks
As already stated in a previous article, French law of 17 March 2014 related to protection of consumers modified the French Consumer Code by creating a class action allowing the consumers to collectively enforce their rights when they have been infringed. This...
by manuel.roche | Jun 20, 2014 | All, Copyright, Internet
We recently commented on the new French law of 11 March 2014 aiming to fight against the infringement of intellectual and industrial property rights (1). With that law, France has taken a major step forward and must clearly be considered as one of the most advanced...
by manuel.roche | May 31, 2014 | All, Internet
The right to be forgotten on the internet is a sensitive and complex societal issue at the crossroads between respect for right to privacy, protection of the fundamental rights and freedoms of natural persons, general interest in freedom of information, freedom of...
