IP Menu - France - Intellectual Property Resources

COUNTRY	FRANCE (FR) Government Patent Office IP Firms / IP Organisations Patent Resources Trade Mark Resources Design Resources Domain Name Resources	Copyright Resources Plant Breeders Rights Circuit Layout Resources Company Resources Trade Practices IP Case Law Resources National Library / Other

GOVERNMENT	French Government Entry Point
PATENT OFFICE	Institute Nationale De La Propriette Industrielle (INPI) National Institute of Industrial Property
IP FIRMS / ORGANISATIONS	ATTORNEY LISTINGS Annuaire des Conseils en Propriété Industrielle (Directory of the Patent Attorneys) hosted on the Compagnie National des Conseils de la Propriété Industrielle (CNCPI) website IP FIRMS IP Firms of France See IP Firms of France for more information about Intellectual Property firms in France. INVENTOR ORGANISATIONS Fédération Nationale des Associations Françaises d'Inventeurs (FNAFI) INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ORGANISATIONS Compagnie National des Conseils de la Propriété Industrielle (CNCPI)
PATENTS	RESOURCES PLUTARQUE hosted on the INPI website PLUTARQUE provides free search over the 2 last years of publication of patents in France. esp@cenet http://fr.espacenet.com/ provides access to patent information from France from 1968 for bibliographic information and 1920 for facsimile images. For coverage see http://gb.espacenet.com/espacenet/gb/en/help/15350.htm FPAT French Patent Applications Database on the Questel-Orbit Network - This database covers French patents applications published in France and includes patent drawings from 1989 onwards. ($) Institute Nationale De La Propriette Industrielle (INPI) Institute Nationale De La Propriette Industrielle (INPI) Database. JURINPI The French patents and Trademarks Jurisprudence Database is hosted on the Questel-Orbit Network. This database covers published and unpublished French and European (EPO) jurisprudence relating to patents and trademarks..($) LEGISLATION CLEA The Collection of Laws for Electronic Access (CLEA) hosted by the World Intellectual Property Organization's (WIPO) provides an extensive database of Intellectual Property related legislation for France. Coverage extends to over 35 countries.
TRADEMARKS	RESOURCES FMARK - France This database is hosted on the Questel.Orbit Network. This database is useful as a preliminary trademark screening tool for checking on the availability of new product and service names. ($) ICIMARQUES Icimarques is a subscription database of active French trade marks, including national, Community Trade Mark and Madrid Agreement marks. ($) Les Pages jaunes Les Pages jaunes allows you to search "brand" names in the French Yellow Pages. TRADEMARKSCAN - France This database is hosted on the Dialog Network. This database is useful as a preliminary trademark screening tool for checking on the availability of new product and service names. ($) LEGISLATION CLEA The Collection of Laws for Electronic Access (CLEA) hosted by the World Intellectual Property Organization's (WIPO) provides an extensive database of Intellectual Property related legislation for France. Coverage extends to over 35 countries.
DESIGNS	RESOURCES The Design and Model Database hosted on the Institute Nationale De La Propriette Industrielle (INPI) website is searchable by article, name and classification. LEGISLATION CLEA The Collection of Laws for Electronic Access (CLEA) hosted by the World Intellectual Property Organization's (WIPO) provides an extensive database of Intellectual Property related legislation for France. Coverage extends to over 35 countries.
DOMAIN NAMES	RESOURCES France (.fr) - Search the Domain Name Registry
COPYRIGHT	RESOURCES LEGISLATION CLEA The Collection of Laws for Electronic Access (CLEA) hosted by the World Intellectual Property Organization's (WIPO) provides an extensive database of Intellectual Property related legislation for France. Coverage extends to over 35 countries.
PLANT BREEDERS RIGHTS	RESOURCES French Plant Varieties Protection Office LEGISLATION CLEA The Collection of Laws for Electronic Access (CLEA) hosted by the World Intellectual Property Organization's (WIPO) provides an extensive database of Intellectual Property related legislation for France. Coverage extends to over 35 countries.
CIRCUIT LAYOUT	RESOURCES LEGISLATION CLEA The Collection of Laws for Electronic Access (CLEA) hosted by the World Intellectual Property Organization's (WIPO) provides an extensive database of Intellectual Property related legislation for France. Coverage extends to over 35 countries. .
COMPANY & BUSINESS	RESOURCES Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) "The Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) established by the Financial Security Act of 1 August 2003. It was formed from the merger of the Commission des opérations de bourse (COB), the Conseil des marchés financiers (CMF) and the Conseil de discipline de la gestion financière (CDGF). The objective in amalgamating these bodies was to improve the efficiency of France’s financial regulatory system and to give it greater visibility." EURIDILE The national register of businesses and organisations. Includes a searchable database. LEGISLATION
TRADE PRACTICES	RESOURCES Conseil de la Concurrence (The Council of Competition) "The Conseil de la Concurrence is an independant agency responsible for analysing and regulating market competition" LEGISLATION
IP CASE LAW	JURINEA Jurinea® is a free database "constituted by databases implemented and updated from decisions of jurisprudence in industrial property matters which are published in periodical publications such as "PIBD" and "Annales de la Propriété industrielle" (French law), the Official Journal of EPO (European patent law), the Official Journal of OAMI (Community mark law), "Expertises" (part of the dataprocessing right which relates to the software and the databases)" It is hosted on the Cabinet Chaillot website JURINPI The French patents and Trademarks Jurisprudence Database is hosted on the Questel-Orbit Network. This database covers published and unpublished French and European (EPO) jurisprudence relating to patents and trademarks..($)
NATIONAL LIBRARY/ OTHER	National Library of France French Yellow Pages (Telephone Directory) French White Pages (Telephone Directory)