by manuel.roche | Dec 11, 2019 | All, Trademarks
Governmental decree of 9 December 2019 is one of the latest measures implementing in France Directive (EU) 2015/2436 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2015 to approximate the laws of the Member States relating to trade marks (see our article...
by manuel.roche | Nov 20, 2019 | All, Trademarks
The “PACTE” Law provides new important regulations as regards patent (see our article here), but also initiates the transposition of the famous “trademark Package” (detailed in our dossier here) into French law following the Directive (EU) 2015/2436 of the European...
by manuel.roche | Oct 7, 2019 | All, Designs, Patents, Trademarks
According to new Article L.716-5 of the French Intellectual property Code, “trademark infringement action is limited to 5 years from the day on which the holder of a right knew or should have known the last fact enabling him to exercise it”. This Article corresponds...
by manuel.roche | Sep 30, 2019 | All, Trademarks
Whereas European case law considers that a taste of food cannot be protected by copyright (see our article here), a new Intellectual Property title could be created to protect culinary creations: the culinary creation certificate. This is the purpose of a law proposal...
by manuel.roche | Sep 10, 2019 | All, Trademarks
In France as in many other countries, a trademark can be revoked if it has not been put to genuine use within a continuous five-year period. The rule is given by Article L.714-5 of the French Intellectual Property Code. It is frequently said that there is an...
