{"id":9059,"date":"2022-02-01T16:51:21","date_gmt":"2022-02-01T15:51:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cabinetbouchara.com\/propriete-industrielle\/"},"modified":"2026-02-10T08:57:25","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T07:57:25","slug":"industrial-property","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.cabinetbouchara.com\/en\/lexicon\/industrial-property\/","title":{"rendered":"Industrial property"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cabinetbouchara.com\/en\/lexicon\/\">Lexicon<\/a> <span style=\"color: #8AB6C1\">&gt; <span style=\"color: #8AB6C1\"><b>Industrial property<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>IP Lexicon<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Industrial property is one of the two branches of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cabinetbouchara.com\/en\/lexicon\/intellectual-property\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">intellectual property<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span>It is distinct from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cabinetbouchara.com\/en\/lexicon\/literary-and-artistic-property\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">literary and artistic property<\/a>, which includes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cabinetbouchara.com\/en\/lexicon\/copyright\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">copyright<\/a> (protecting the creation of an original work) and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cabinetbouchara.com\/en\/lexicon\/related-rights\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">related rights<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">It is governed by articles <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legifrance.gouv.fr\/codes\/article_lc\/LEGIARTI000041573163\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">L.411-1<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legifrance.gouv.fr\/codes\/article_lc\/LEGIARTI000032235727\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">L.731-4 of the Intellectual Property Code<\/a>, in particular, as well as various texts at the European and international levels, such as the Paris Union Convention of 1883.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The field of industrial property applies to industrial creations as well as to the following distinctive signs<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li>Patents;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cabinetbouchara.com\/en\/lexicon\/designs-and-models\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Designs and models<\/a>;<\/li>\n<li>Plant varieties ;<\/li>\n<li>Semiconductor topographies;<\/li>\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cabinetbouchara.com\/en\/lexicon\/brand\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">brands<\/a>;<\/li>\n<li>Designations of origin and geographical indications;<\/li>\n<li>Other distinctive signs, to a lesser extent<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cabinetbouchara.com\/en\/lexicon\/domain-name\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(domain name<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cabinetbouchara.com\/en\/lexicon\/company-name\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">corporate name<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cabinetbouchara.com\/en\/lexicon\/trade-name\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">trade name<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cabinetbouchara.com\/en\/lexicon\/sign\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">sign<\/a>).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">These different intellectual assets are thus likely to <span>benefit from legal protection<\/span> by industrial property rights, as long as they meet the conditions associated with the corresponding protection regime.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">For example, in order for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cabinetbouchara.com\/en\/lexicon\/brand\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">trademark <\/a>to be<span>legally protected<\/span> under trademark law, it must meet the following requirements:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">The representation of the sign: the sign must be represented in a clear, precise, complete, easily accessible, intelligible, durable and objective manner;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cabinetbouchara.com\/en\/lexicon\/distinctiveness\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">distinctive character <\/a>of the sign: the sign must be perceived as a trademark (intrinsic distinctiveness) and be arbitrary with respect to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cabinetbouchara.com\/en\/lexicon\/products-and-services\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">product(s) and\/or service(s <\/a>) it designates (extrinsic distinctiveness);<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li>Conformity with public order and good morals;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li>The absence of misleading character of the sign ;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li>The availability of the sign.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span>If the trademark application is accepted by the Office, and provided that it is not contested by third parties holding identical or similar prior rights (the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cabinetbouchara.com\/en\/lexicon\/opposition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">opposition<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cabinetbouchara.com\/en\/lexicon\/invalidity-action\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">actions for nullity<\/a>, for In France and in the European Union, the trademark is protected for a period of 10 years, renewable.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Like all the provisions governing intellectual property law, the purpose of industrial property law is to enhance and <span>confer legal protection on<\/span> the economic value of an entity, particularly technical creations, ornamental creations and distinctive signs.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Indeed, these assets, which in practice constitute a real asset value for companies, must be protected and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cabinetbouchara.com\/en\/lexicon\/brand-monitoring\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">monitored<\/a> in view of the increased development of anti-competitive practices in business life with the progress of digital technology.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In order to protect industrial creations and distinctive signs, industrial property rights shall be conferred on the owners of such creations and signs if they have been filed with the competent Intellectual Property Offices in accordance with the substantive and formal requirements of each, and then registered.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Thus, trademarks and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cabinetbouchara.com\/en\/lexicon\/designs-and-models\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">designs<\/a>, in order to benefit from industrial property protection, must be filed, in principle, with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cabinetbouchara.com\/en\/lexicon\/inpi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">INPI<\/a>, the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cabinetbouchara.com\/en\/lexicon\/euipo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">EUIPO <\/a>or the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cabinetbouchara.com\/en\/lexicon\/wipo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WIPO<\/a>, depending on the desired protection (French, European Union, worldwide).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">As far as industrial creations are concerned, and in particular patents of invention, the applicant has several possibilities in order to benefit from an exploitation monopoly on his innovation. It can thus deposit it by :<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">The national route (with theINPI);<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">The European way (at the European Patent Office &#8211; EPO);<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">The international route (withWIPO,INPI<strong> <\/strong>or EPO).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span>The Bouchara firm assists you in particular in :<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><span>The construction of your projects;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><span>The development of a strategy to protect your industrial property assets;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><span>Prior <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cabinetbouchara.com\/en\/lexicon\/prior-art-search\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">art search<\/a> prior to any trademark or design registration; <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">The formalities for <span>filing<\/span> your creations, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cabinetbouchara.com\/en\/lexicon\/brand\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">trademarks<\/a><span> <\/span><span>and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cabinetbouchara.com\/en\/lexicon\/designs-and-models\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" style=\"font-weight: 400\">designs <\/a>before the Offices (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cabinetbouchara.com\/en\/lexicon\/inpi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">INPI<\/a> for France, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cabinetbouchara.com\/en\/lexicon\/euipo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EUIPO<\/a> for the European Union, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cabinetbouchara.com\/en\/lexicon\/wipo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WIPO<\/a><\/span>for international applications etc.)<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cabinetbouchara.com\/en\/lexicon\/brand-monitoring\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Monitoring<\/a> your rights on databases and the Internet;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><span>The protection and defense of your rights <\/span><span>in business life before the Offices and the Courts, in France and abroad (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cabinetbouchara.com\/en\/lexicon\/opposition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">opposition<\/a> proceedings, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cabinetbouchara.com\/en\/lexicon\/invalidity-action\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">nullity action<\/a>, action for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cabinetbouchara.com\/en\/lexicon\/lapse-of-trademark\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">revocation <\/a>for lack of use or loss of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cabinetbouchara.com\/en\/lexicon\/distinctiveness\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">distinctive character<\/a> of the sign, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cabinetbouchara.com\/en\/lexicon\/infringement-proceedings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">infringement action,<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cabinetbouchara.com\/en\/lexicon\/unfair-competition-proceedings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">unfair competition action<\/a>, etc.).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Other definitions<\/h2>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cabinetbouchara.com\/en\/lexicon\/brand\/\">Brand<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cabinetbouchara.com\/en\/lexicon\/brand\/\">A trademark is a distinctive sign allowing its owner (natural or legal person) to differentiate its products and services&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cabinetbouchara.com\/en\/lexicon\/gdrp\/\">RGPD<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cabinetbouchara.com\/en\/lexicon\/gdrp\/\">The GDPR refers to Regulation (EU) 2016\/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of individuals&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cabinetbouchara.com\/en\/lexicon\/renowned-or-well-known-trademark\/\">Notorious brand<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cabinetbouchara.com\/en\/lexicon\/renowned-or-well-known-trademark\/\">The concepts of reputed and well-known trademarks have been defined by the jurisprudence and designate a trademark that is widely known by the public&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cabinetbouchara.com\/en\/lexicon\/wipo\/\">WIPO<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cabinetbouchara.com\/en\/lexicon\/wipo\/\">The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is an international institution of the United Nations, located in Geneva&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cabinetbouchara.com\/en\/lexicon\/\">See the lexicon<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cabinetbouchara.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Fichier-24.svg\" width=\"25\" height=\"25\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1012 alignnone size-medium\" style=\"margin-left: 15px;margin-bottom: -6px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lexicon &gt; Industrial property IP Lexicon Industrial property is one of the two branches of intellectual property. It is distinct from literary and artistic property, which includes copyright (protecting the creation of an original work) and related rights. It is governed by articles L.411-1 to L.731-4 of the Intellectual Property Code, in particular, as well &#8230; <a title=\"Industrial property\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cabinetbouchara.com\/en\/lexicon\/industrial-property\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Industrial property\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":9175,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-9059","page","type-page","status-publish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cabinetbouchara.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9059","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cabinetbouchara.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cabinetbouchara.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cabinetbouchara.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cabinetbouchara.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9059"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.cabinetbouchara.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9059\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19570,"href":"https:\/\/www.cabinetbouchara.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9059\/revisions\/19570"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cabinetbouchara.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cabinetbouchara.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9059"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}