{"id":9159,"date":"2022-01-19T14:24:46","date_gmt":"2022-01-19T13:24:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cabinetbouchara.com\/droit-de-la-propriete-industrielle\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T15:44:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T14:44:07","slug":"industrial-property-law","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.cabinetbouchara.com\/en\/industrial-property-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Industrial property law"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Areas of expertise > Industrial property law<\/strong><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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Bouchara & Avocats is specialized in intellectual property law and assists its clients in both copyright and literary and artistic property<\/a> law.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n

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What is industrial property?
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Industrial property is included in intellectual property alongside literary and artistic property. The aim of industrial property law is to enhance and protect certain economic values of a company, in particular technical creations, ornamental designs and distinctive signs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Industrial property encompasses :<\/p>\n\n\n

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Technical creations<\/h3>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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These include patents, plant breeders’ rights and semiconductor topographies.<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Ornamental creations<\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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This includes designs and models.<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Distinctive signs<\/h3>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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These include trademarks, company names, trade names, brand names, domain names, appellations of origin and indications of source.<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n

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These assets need to be protected, monitored and, where necessary, defended, as they represent a real asset and are regularly the object of various attacks from competitors, and are thus frequently copied or plagiarized.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n

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How to protect your creations and your trademarks?<\/strong> ?
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Contrary to literary and artistic property, where works are protected by copyright without any formality, technical and ornamental creations and distinctive signs will only be protected by industrial property law following a positive act by the owner and in particular following a deposit with the competent offices.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n

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Ornamental creations<\/h3>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n
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To benefit from the protection of design rights for ornamental creations, it is imperative to file a design registration with the INPI, the OHIM or any other office abroad.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n

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Technical creations
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Technical creations, and in particular patents, require, to benefit from a monopoly of exploitation on the invention, to be filed with the INPI for French patents and soon with the European Patent Office (EPO) for European patents.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n

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Distinctive signs of the company
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