French designs

Cabinet Chaillot represents applicants before the French Design Office (INPI) for filing French designs. We give you here the elements required for filing or renewing a French design, we explain the conditions of novelty and proper character, how to calculate the term of protection of a French design depending on a filing date prior or after the new French law of 25 July 2001, the protection according to the copyright, the specific French seizure (inspection of property) as an element of proof in case of infringement action...

Technotes relative to designs protection in France