6. Abbreviations and acronyms

BOPI: Bulletin officiel de la propriété industrielle (Official Bulletin of Industrial Property)

CA: court of appeal

Cass. com . Commercial, Financial and Economic Chamber of the French Supreme Court (Cour de cassation)

Cass . civ . civil division of the Cour de cassation

CPI: Intellectual Property Code

INPI: Institut national de la propriété industrielle

EPO: European Patent Office

REB: European Patent Register

RNB: National Patent Register