| Civil action | First Instance | Second Instance |
Recourse against a decision of the Director of the French Patent Office (R. 411-19) | | Appeal Court |
| Asking for the revocation of a mark L. 714-5 and L. 714-6 | TGI (see Paris First Instance Court site) L. 716-3 | Appeal Court |
Action for infringement (and possibly for unfair competition) L. 716-1 (2) |
Action for nullity L. 714-3 |
In an action for infringement, action for provisional interdiction or for offering security L. 716-6 | The President of the First Instance Court to which the action for infringement is referred (summary jurisdiction) | The corresponding Appeal Court |
