7. Abbreviations and acronyms

EPC: European Patent Convention

CA: court of appeal

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

CPI: Intellectual Property Code

CUP: Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property

EPO Dir.: Guidelines for examination at the European Patent Office

Dir. INPI: guidelines for the grant procedure carried out by INPI

G: EPO Enlarged Board of Appeal

INPI: Institut national de la propriété industrielle

EPO: European Patent Office

T: EPO Technical Board of Appeal...