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Laurence LOUMES: Ph.D., patent attorney, engineer and CEIPI patent graduate, Plasseraud IP
INTRODUCTION
A patent is an industrial property title issued by the Director of the Institut National de la Propriété Industrielle (INPI).
A company's true intangible asset, a patent confers on its holder an operating monopoly on the patented invention for a maximum period of 20 years (possibly extendable via a supplementary protection certificate, SPC, for patents relating to the active ingredient of a medicine or a plant protection product).
Irrespective of the economic value it represents, a patent enables its owner to protect his innovations, stand out from the competition, generate income and take action against potential infringers.
This sheet aims to :
define the scope of the protection afforded by the grant of a patent ;
clarify the rights conferred by the operating monopoly ;
identify the acts which the patent owner may prohibit and those which he may not oppose.
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N. Binctin, Manuel Droit de la propriété intellectuelle , LGDJ, 6th ed. 2020.
J. Passa, Droit de la propriété industrielle , tome 2, ed. LGDJ, June 2013.
M. Vivant, Le droit des brevets, Connaissance du droit , 2 e ed. Dalloz, 2005.
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