The French Intellectual Property Code (IPC;
French: ''Code de la propriété intellectuelle''), is a corpus of law relating to intellectual and industrial property. It was formalised by Law No 92-597 of 1 July 1992, replacing earlier laws relating to
industrial property
Industrial property is one of two subsets of intellectual property (the other being copyright), it takes a range of forms, including patents for inventions, industrial designs (aesthetic creations related to the appearance of industrial product ...
and
artistic and literary property.
The code is frequently modified: two major modifications are known as the
DADVSI law and the
HADOPI law
The French HADOPI law or Creation and Internet law (french: Haute Autorité pour la Diffusion des Œuvres et la Protection des droits d'auteur sur Internet, ; or, loosely in English, "Supreme Authority for the Distribution of Works and Protection o ...
.
See also
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French copyright law
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National Institute of Industrial Property (France)
The National Industrial Property Institute (INPI, standing for ''Institut national de la propriété industrielle'' in French) is the national intellectual property office of France, in charge of patents, trademarks and industrial design rights. I ...
External links
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Text of the code on Légifrance
French intellectual property law
Intellectual property law
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