French Inventor : Do I have to file a first patent application in France?

When a non-French company (American, Chinese, Japanese, …) employs French inventors to carry out R&D, these French inventors sometimes make inventions that the company wishes to protect by filing a patent application. When the patent application is ready to be filed, the patent attorney may question the legality of such a filing under French law. …

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New French Patent Law

New French Patent Law   The new French Patent Law targets to increase the quality of French patents. The term of a utility model is extended from 6 to 10 years similarly to Chinese or German utility models. Interestingly, this measure applies to utility models filed on or after January 1, 2020, but also to …

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The French patent at low cost

The French patent at low cost In France, according to Article L612.20 of the French Intellectual Property Code, the main fees related to the acquisition of a patent are reduced for the following applicants : – natural persons, namely individuals, artisans, retailers within individual companies, liberal professions, etc …, – small and medium sized enterprises …

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Duty to inform the inventors

Duty to inform the inventors   Since August 6, 2015, Article 175 from the Macron Act n°2015-990 makes it necessary for the company to inform its employed inventor about the progress of the granting procedure of the patent relative to its invention. More precisely, the employer must inform the employed inventor of the filing date …

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