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France

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FR

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Background of colaboration

Information about funding opportunities for R&D projects:


Name of the programme	Funding organisation	Countries	Research Actions	Limitations
Information not available

Partner search facilities:


Name	Description	Scope	Costs
Information not available

Resources of information:


Name	Description	Costs
NETWATCH	Mapping networks; providing information on Joint Calls; analysing the impact of programme collaboration; describing the scope and results of individual networks; supporting mutual learning among transnational programme networks.	Free of charge
COST European Cooperation in the Field of Scientific and Technical Research	It is mainly an inter EU program but also offering cooperation with Israel. COST is an intergovernmental framework for European Cooperation in Science and Technology, allowing the coordination of nationally-funded research on a European level.	Free of charge
EUREKA	EUREKA is an international initiative which coordinates efforts of governments, research institutes and commercial companies concerning innovation. Its members are the EU countries and 14 more from around the world including Russia, Republic of Korea, Turkey, Albania.	Free of charge

Institutions supporting R&D collaboration:


Name	Description
Information not available

Legal framework for R&D cooperation:


Name of the agreement	Description
European Science Foundation	Coordination of international research programmes between member states.

General IP info

Categories of IP rights:


Category of IPR	Name of the law	Registration needed	Where to register
Copyright	Intellectual Property Code of 1992	no	-
Patents	Intellectual Property Code of 1992	yes	National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI)
Utility models	Not protected; however, there are Utility Certificates that confer same protection as a patent, without the expenses of search. The conditions of patentability are the same and the search report will be obligatory only when one wants to act as counterfeit. The protection offered by Utility Certificates can last only a maximum of 6 years.	yes (Utility Certificates)	National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI)
Trade marks	Intellectual Property Code of 1992	yes	National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI)
(Industrial) designs	Intellectual Property Code of 1992	yes	National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI)
Geographical Indications	Intellectual Property Code of 1992	yes	National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI)
Know How	Intellectual Property Code of 1992	no	-
Plant Breeders Rights	Intellectual Property Code of 1992	yes	Variety and Seed Study Control Group
Topographies of Semiconductor Products	Intellectual Property Code of 1992	yes	National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI)

IPRs' databases:


Name of the source	What information can I find?	Language
National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI)	Free databases for trademarks; patents; status of patents; patents 19th century; designs; case; gazettes IP.	French
Espacenet	Patents granted by European Patent Office.	English
WIPO IP Services	Contains database of PCT patents, International Trademarks and Designs registration and international registration of appellations of origin.	English
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Research related limitations and exceptions to IPRs:


Category of IP right	Type of limitation	Description	Relevant regulation
Patents/Utility models/Designs
Patents/Utility models		Acts performed in private and not for commercial purposes; Acts performed exclusively for trial or experimental purposes; The preparation of medicinal products performed at the time and for individual cases on the basis of a doctor’s prescription at pharmaceutical laboratories; Necessary experiments and acts to obtaining the administrative commercialization authorization; Necessary acts to obtaining the administrative advertising authorization; Objects addressed to be launched into outer space from the French territory.	Intellectual Property Code of 1992
Industrial Designs		Acts performed in private and not for commercial purposes; Acts performed exclusively for trial or experimental purposes; Reproduction for teaching or illustration purposes, subject that such use is loyal and does not affect the usual exploitation of the designs.	Intellectual Property Code of 1992
Topographies of Semiconductor Products		Reproduction for the purposes of analysis, assessment or teaching; Creation of a different topography from the analysis or assessment of the registered topography; The effect of protection shall not extend to a person who acquired in good faith a semiconductor product containing a protected topography and distributed without the consent of the topography owner.	Intellectual Property Code of 1992
Trade Marks	Trademark holder is not allowed to prohibit the following practices:	Good faith use of its previous company name or logo;T The trade mark where it is necessary to indicate the intended purpose of a product or service, in particular as accessories or spare parts.	Intellectual Property Code of 1992
Copyright		Private copy; Use of summaries of protected works with criticism, pedagogic, scientific or teaching purposes; A regular selection of press articles (press review); Reproduction or communication to the public of extracts from public speeches, with some exceptions; Use of protected works for advertising of an exhibition or sale of artistic works; Representation or reproduction of protected works parts for teaching purposes, subject this use is neither commercial nor ludic, and that such use is addressed to a public mainly composed by students; Parody; Necessary acts to access a database; Temporary reproduction during a technical transmission process; Non-commercial reproduction by legal persons such as libraries, museums or archives, in order to make the works available to people with disabilities' Public Library or Public Archives, provided that such use is non-commercial and that is necessary to develop their usual activities (conservation etc.).	Intellectual Property Code of 1992

IP Office:


Name of the office	Scope of activities
National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI)	INPI grants patents and utility certificates, rights to designs, and trademarks.

IP treaties & agreements:


Berne Convention	introduces minimum standard of copyright protection	yes
Paris Convention	establishes minimum standards of industrial property protection	yes
TRIPS		yes
WIPO conventions		yes
PCT		yes
EPC		yes
Madrid Protocol	allows registration of trademarks via international route	yes
Hague Convention		yes
UPOV		yes

Ownership rules:


Default (statutory) regime for the ownership	Creator / successor in title
Default (statutory) regime for employee’s creations	Employer
Ownership of research results in publicly sponsored research	Information not available
Specific ownership rules for public HEIs/research organisations and possibility to modify it contractually	Information not available
Specific ownership regime for students/ visiting researchers/doctoral students and possibility to modify it contractually	Information not available
Related law (name & link)	Intellectual Property Code of 1992

Dissemination rules:


Limitations on publication	Information not available
Specific rules regarding publication of scientific results financed by public bodies	Information not available
Non-disclosure clauses in research contracts	Information not available

Specific incentives for innovation activities:


Related Law (name & Link)	Information not available
Incentives provided by law for individual researchers	Information not available
Related Law (name & Link)	Information not available
Incentives provided by HEI for researcher	Information not available

Form of commercialisation:


Form of commercialisation	Requirements regarding form of contract	Limitations for HEIs	HEIs Unit responsible for commercialisation	Related law (name & link)
Information not available

Revenue sharing:


Remuneration/ Participation in revenues	Statutory rules regarding remuneration	Statutory rules regarding revenue sharing	Internal HEIs rules regarding revenue sharing	Related law (name & link)
Information not available

Models of contracts used in R&D:


Type of contracts	Short description	Source (link)
Information not available