Reform of the Trademark Law by means of Decree No. 2019-1316 of December 9th, 2019
France, by means of Decree no. 2019-1316 of the 9th of December 2019 has modified its national legislation for trademarks in order to adapt to the established obligations of E.U. Directive 2015/2436 of the 16th of December 2015.
Although this necessary modification was delayed, since the deadline imposed in the aforementioned E.U. Directive expired this January of 2019, finally, after much discussion between all of the interested sectors and the relevant authorities (both political and legislative), Decree no. 2019-1316 of the 9th of December was dictated, with respect to trademarks for goods and services. read more