French patents

Cabinet Chaillot represents applicants before the French Patent Office (INPI) for filing French patents and following their prosecution. We give you here the main steps of the prosecution, the elements required for filing a French patent, the difference between a French patent and a certificate of utility (or utility model), the validation requirements of a EP patent since the London Agreement, the specific French seizure (inspection of property) as an element of proof in case of infringement action...