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French Logo Registration is
critical for success in your French business. Firstly, you need to register a
French Logo before enter to French because with a particular logo or Logo can
make your business has a strong cognition for public in French.
French Logo Search
During the French Office
examination procedure, there is no interiorities research is done. As the
application of a Logo in France is considered as an act of infringement,
therefore it is important to conduct a Logo search before filing.
French Logo Filing
The French Logo application has to
contain the applicant identification, the Logo, the product(s) and/or
service(s) to which it applies and, when it occurs, the claim of a foreign
application priority.
French Logo Application
Publication
The French Logo application is
published in the BOPI (French Official Bulletin of Industrial Property) within
about 6 to 7 weeks working days of the filing date.
French Logo Examination
The French Office may ask
to specify the designated products or to include a class which contains some of
the designated products, without extending the application scope. The French
Office may also refuse a sign for its lack of distinctively.
In case of irregularities,
the applicant has a time allowed by the French Office (generally one month) in
order to regularize his application or to contest the observation.
French Logo Opposition
Within a 2-3 months period
of working days from the application publication, the owner of a prior Logo can
file an opposition against the Logo application. This opposition is notified to
the applicant which can reply by formulating observations (within a time period
higher than 2 months allowed by the French Office) according to a procedure in
which all parties shall be heard.
If the opposed Logo was
filed more than 5 years ago, the applicant may ask in his first answer for use
evidence, in order to establish if the opponent is liable to revocation of his
rights (for non-genuine use of his Logo during an uninterrupted period of 5
years). In the absence of evidence, the opposition is rejected.
A decision draft is
established by the French Office. It can be contested by both parties. In the
absence of contestation, this draft becomes decision.
French Logo Registration
The Logo registration is
notified to the applicant and published in the BOPI (French Official Bulletin of
Industrial Property). The Logo is registered for 10 years, from the filing
date, and is renewable for a 10-year periods.
Contact
us
If you have further queries, please contact Tannet
24 hours Malaysia hotline：603-21418908;
24 hours Hong Kong hotline：852-27837818;
24 hours Hong Kong hotline：86-755- 36990589;
Email: mytannet@gmail.com
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