2. Find your way among the dealers
There are a number of official and professional bodies empowered to receive voluntary registrations and give them a certain date. When it comes to protecting the description or content of an innovation, different types of registration are possible.
2.1 Filing a Soleau envelope with INPI
The Soleau envelope is a small, two-compartment envelope which is purchased from the INPI and deposited with this organization, after having slipped a copy of your document into each compartment. The INPI returns one of the compartments which, in the event of a dispute, can be compared with the one kept by the INPI. The Soleau envelope is very easy to use and very inexpensive (€15 in 2017). But it also has its constraints:
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Founded in 1982, the APP represents and defends the interests of software authors. It offers a number of probative filing procedures to help establish proof of rights. Through its agents, who are sworn in by decree, it can also establish infringements of authors' rights by issuing official reports.
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