7. Mark linking a distinctive term to a package

7.1 Legal framework

According to the Intellectual Property Code and European texts and international treaties:

• intellectual property code, articles L711-1 et seq. – acquisition and exploitation of rights;

• Intellectual Property Code, Articles L717-1 et seq.: Community trademark;

• code de la propriété intellectuelle, articles L616-1 et suivants : contentieux ;

• Directive 89/104 of December 21, 1988, approximating the laws of the Member States relating to trademarks. Thanks to this directive, trademark law is almost identical in all member states;

• regulation 40/94 of December 20, 1993 on the Community trademark,...