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3. Duties of loyalty: "protecting" the idea and concept
3.1 Legal reference – Civil Code
Here are two articles:
article 1147 – contractual liability ;
article 1382 – unfair and parasitic competition.
3.2 Commitment to confidentiality
This practice is very useful – and widely used – upstream of an industrial project: a person, or a company, has developed a concept, or the outline of a prototype, and is looking for a partnership with financiers or industrialists....
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Duties of loyalty: "protecting" the idea and concept
Copyright – Protection of original creations of the mind
Bibliography
Websites
• ADAGP – Society of Authors in the Graphic and Plastic Arts http://www.adagp.fr
• INPI – Institut national de la propriété industrielle http://www.inpi.fr
• Legifrance – A comprehensive site that also includes all judicial case law.
Regulations
See legal references in the article.
Patents
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Example of a packaging patent
Patent no. 0 179 571 issued on August 8, 1990, for a handle for a cardboard can holder.
The invention relates to an efficient and robust carrying handle for a cardboard can carrier, with the handle structure arranged in such a way that the mechanical strength and integrity of the cardboard walls are preserved, thus enabling...
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