Industrial Property Law
Auteur : Louis Vogel
Sommaire de l’ouvrage
Introduction
Part 1: Administrative and professional organization
Part 2: Trademarks, service marks and other distinctive signs
Part 3: Patents
Title 1: Introduction
Chapter 1: Protectable creation
Chapter 2: Novelty
Chapter 3: Individual character
Chapter 4: Complex product
Section 1: Public order and morality
A: System prior to reform introduced by Ordinance of 25 July 2001
B: System resulting from reform under Ordinance of 25 July 2001
II: Assembly parts
Title 3: Acquisition of property rights
Title 4: Rights conferred under design protection
Title 5: Protection of design
444. Design dictated exclusively by technical function
1 minute de lecture
Appearances whose characteristics are exclusively dictated by the product's technical function are not eligible for protection under design law (Art. L. 511-8, 1° IP Code) . To be capable of protection, a shape must have an ornamental function, or combine an aesthetic purpose with a technical function. This exclusion, which is also found in trademark law (Art. L. 711-2, 5° IP Code), is designed to …
