Patent Laws and Practice of Obtaining Letters Patent for Inventions in the United States and Foreign Countries; Including Copy-Right and Trade-Mark Laws - Softcover

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1871. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... IV. French Assignments and Powers of Attorney. Sxo. 35. Legal formalities. 36. Object and effect of registry. 37. Formalities when the assign ment is not drawn up in France. Sbc. 38. Transfers by attorney. 39. Number of assignees unlimited. 40. Acte de cession. 41. Acte unilateral de cession. 42. Pouvoir 35. Legal Formalities.--Patents may be assigned by the patentees themselves, or by persons acting in their names with regular powers; the assignment may be of the whole or only of part; it may be for the time remaining, or for a portion of it. All deeds of assignment must be made in a particular manner, and according to forms prescribed by the French law. A notary public is the only person in France qualified to draw up a deed of assignment, which must afterwards be recorded in the office of the prefect of the department in which the parties reside, if they reside in the same department, or in the office of the prefects of their respective departments, if they do not reside in the same. Should both the parties reside outside of France, the recording may take place in Paris, at the prefect's office. Patentees forfeit all their rights unless they have paid in due time their annual patent fees, and no total or partial assignment can take place until the entire patent fees are paid. No assignment is to be registered, except on the production and delivery, 1st, of the receipt of the payment made in due time of the last annual patent fee, distinct from the first annual patent fee; 2d, of a receipt to the receiver general in the department of the central receiver at Paris for the entire payment of the complimentary patent fees; and, 3d, of an authentic abstract of the deed, executed before a notary of the department, and establishing the total or partial trans...