Industrial Property Law
Auteur : Louis Vogel
Sommaire de l’ouvrage
Introduction
Part 1: Administrative and professional organization
Title 1: Introduction
Title 2: Elements of a trademark
Title 3: Acquisition of property right in the mark
Title 4: Rights conferred by the trademark
Title 5: Exploitation and transfer of the trademark
Title 6: Collective and guarantee marks
Title 7: Protection of the mark
Chapter 1: Surrender of rights
I: Genuine use
II: Uses considered as genuine use
III: Proof of genuine use
IV: Starting point of the five-year period
Section 2: Customary marks
Section 3: Misleading marks
Section 4: Other causes of lapse
Section 5: Procedure
Chapter 3: Invalidity of the mark
Chapter 4: Rules of jurisdiction
Title 9: Geographical indications
Part 3: Patents
Part 4: Designs
193. Just cause for non-use
1 minute de lecture
The proprietor of a trademark who is the subject of an application for revocation of his rights for non-use may oppose the revocation if he can show just cause for non-use (Art. L. 714-5, para. 1, IP Code), the existence of which must be assessed over the period of non-use invoked by the applicant for revocation . This just cause must be independent of the will of the proprietor of the trademark , …
