N°12 – Overview of French Law in 2016 – Mid 2017 / Dossier : Intellectual Property
January 14, 2018
I- OVERVIEW OF FRENCH LAW IN 2016 – MID 2017
1- Constitutional Law 2016 to mid 2017 – Julie Benetti
2- Family Law 2016 to mid 2017 – Annick Batteur
3- Economic Law 2016 to mid 2017 – Denis Mazeaud & Natacha Sauphanor-Brouillaud
4- Administrative Law 2016 to mid 2017 – Benoit Delaunay
5- Competition Law 2016 to mid 2017 – Anne-Sophie Choné-Grimaldi
6- Fundamental Freedoms 2016 to mid 2017 – Astrid Marais & Camille Broyelle
7- Civil Procedure 2016 to mid 2017 – Lucie Mayer
8- Penal Law 2016 to mid 2017 – Valérie Malabat
9- Labour Law 2016 to mid 2017 – Franck Héas
10- Law of things and real security rights 2016 to mid 2017 – Romain Boffa
II- DOSSIER : INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Editorial – Christophe ALLEAUME & Nicolas BINCTIN
I/ SPECIAL PROPERTY LAW
A. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY IS A RIGHT OF OWNERSHIP
Decision no. 90-283 DC of 8 January 1991
“Legal debate on the nature of rights” – P. ROUBIER, Le droit de la propriété industrielle, t. 1, Sirey, 1952 (excerpts)
B. RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ORDINARY AND SPECIAL LAW
Cass. com., 4 Oct. 2011, no. 10-21225, Bulletin 2011, IV, no. 148
C. INDEPENDENCE OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS AND CORPOREAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
Decision no. 2006-540 DC of 27 July 2006
Cass. Civ. 1, 10 Sept. 2015, no. 14-13236
Cass. Com., 19 November 2003, Appeal no. 01-01137 Bulletin 2003 IV No. 174 p. 191
D. THE THEORY OF UNITY OF ART – ORIGIN AND MEANING
-P. ROUBIER, Le droit de la propriété industrielle – t. 2, Sirey, 1954, p. 380 s.
E. EXISTENCE OF A PUBLIC DOMAIN
Cass., Com., 31 March 2015, appeal no. 15-21300, Moulin Rouge (tourism heritage of Paris)
II/ CONDITIONS OF RIGHTS
A. ORIGINALITY
1°) CONVENTIONAL WORKS
Cass. Com., 6 Sept. 2016, no. 14-15286 and Cass. Civ. 1, 30 Nov. 2016, 15-17301 (summaries)
2°) TECHNICAL WORKS: SOFTWARE
B. MULTIPLE USE OF NOVELTY: DESIGNS AND MODELS, PATENTS, PLANT VARIETY PROTECTION
Design and model protection – Article L. 511-3 du Code de la Propriété intellectuelle
Patent protection – Article L611-11 of the French Intellectual Property Code
Plant variety protection – Article L623-2 du Code de la Propriété intellectuelle
III/ OWNERSHIP
A. LITERARY AND ARTISTIC PROPERTY
1°) COPYRIGHT AND SALARIED EMPLOYMENT
Cass. Civ. 1, 16 December 1992 Appeal no.: 91-11480, Bulletin 1992 I No. 315 p. 207
2°) LEGAL PERSON AND OWNERSHIP AB INITIO OF COPYRIGHT
Cass. Civ. 1, 22 March 2012, no. 11-10132, Bulletin 2012, I, no. 70
3°) PRESUMPTION OF OWNERSHIP
Cass. Civ. 1, 11 May 1999, Appeal no.: 97-10963, Bulletin 1999 I No. 157 p. 104
B. EMPLOYEE INVENTIONS
Cass. Com., 21 November 2000, Appeal no.: 98-11900, Bulletin 2000 IV No. 179 p. 157
IV/ PREROGATIVES OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
A. LITERARY AND ARTISTIC PROPERTY: ECONOMIC RIGHTS AND MORAL RIGHTS
C. RESALE RIGHT
Article L.122-8 of the Intellectual Property Code
Cass. Civ. 1, 18 March 1986, appeal no. 84-13749, Rodin (1),
Arguments of Advocate General Gulphe, Rodin ruling (1) – JCP, 1987, II, 20723 (purpose of the resale right)
Cass., Civ. 1, 5 Nov. 1991, appeal no. 90-13528, Rodin (2) – D., 1992, p. 361
Constitutional Council, Decision no. 2012-276, QPC of 28 September 2012
D. BRIEF DEFINITION OF AN OWNER’S PREROGATIVES
Copyright – Article L. 122-1 of the Intellectual Property Code
Designs and models – Article L. 513-4 of the Intellectual Property Code
Patents – Articles L. 613-3 and L. 613-4, 1 of the Intellectual Property Code
Trademarks – Articles L. 713-1 to L. 713-3 of the Intellectual Property Code
E. INTERPRETATION OF THE PROVISIONS IN FAVOREM AUCTORIS (IN FAVOUR OF THE AUTHOR’S INTERESTS)
1°) INTERPRETATION OF COPYRIGHT ASSIGNMENTS
Article L.131-3 of the Intellectual Property Code
Cass., Civ. 1, 13 Oct. 1993, appeal no. 91-11241, Perrier – D. 1994, p. 166
Cass., Civ. 1, 30 May 2012, appeal no. 10-17780
2°) INTERPRETATION OF COPYRIGHT LAWS AND DIRECTIVES
– Constitutional Council, Decision no. 2006-540 DC, 27 July 2006, excerpts
3°) A LIMIT ON THE OPPOSABILITY OF THE PROPERTY RIGHT: THE PROPORTIONALITY REVIEW
Cass., Civ. 1, 15 May 2015, appeal no. 13-27391
4°) THE LIMIT TO EXCEPTIONS: THE THREE-STEP TEST
Art. L.122-5 antepenultimate paragraph of the Intellectual Property Code
Cass., Civ. 1, 28 February 2006, appeal no. 05-15824
F. WELL-KNOWN MARKS
P. Roubier, Droit de la propriété industrielle – Sirey 1954, tome 2, n° 263, I §1, 2, et 3, II
Cass. Com., 12 July 2005, Bull. civ. IV, no. 173
Cass. Crim., 17 January 2017, no. 15-86363
G. EXCEPTIONS TO THE PREROGATIVES OF THE OWNER
1°) PRIVATE USE: AN EXCEPTION COMMON TO ALL THE REGIMES
Article L. 122-5 of the Intellectual Property Code
Art. L. 211-3 of the Intellectual Property Code
Art. L 342-3 of the Intellectual Property Code
Art. L. 613-5 of the Intellectual Property Code
Art. L. 623-4-1 of the Intellectual Property Code
2°) CARICATURE AND HUMOROUS USES OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
A/ IN COPYRIGHT
Art. L. 122-5 4 of the Intellectual Property Code
Cass. Civ. 1, 12 January 1988 Appeal no.: 85-18787, Ed. Salabert v. Le Luron, Mabille et al. – Bulletin 1988 I No. 5 p. 4
B/ IN NEIGHBOURING RIGHTS
Art. L. 211-3 of the Intellectual Property Code
Cass. Civ. 1, 10 Sept. 2014, no. 13-14629
C/ IN LAW OF DESIGNS AND MODELS
Article L. 513-6 of the Intellectual Property Code
Paris Court of Appeal, 21 Sept. 2012, no. 2010/11630
D/ IN TRADEMARK LAW
Cass. Civ. 2, 19 Oct. 2006, Appeal no.: 05-13489 – Bull. civ. 2, no. 282
3°) GENERAL INTEREST: COMPULSORY LICENCES (PROVISIONS OF THE FRENCH CODE OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY)
Articles L613-11 to L623-22 of the Intellectual Property Code
“The penalty for the obligation to work patents: forfeiture or compulsory licence”, – P. Roubier, JCP G, 1954, I, 1143
I- OVERVIEW OF FRENCH LAW IN 2016 – MID 2017