Dalloz Action Droit et pratique des voies d’exécution (only available in French language)
Véron & Associés lawyers have written book 12, dedicated to search and seizure (saisie-contrefaçon) and detention by customs authorities of infringing goods, a handbook re-edited in 2010 for the 6 time. It is an undisputed reference tool for practitioners of enforcement, probative and protective measures.
A probative method specific to the various areas of intellectual property, the French search and seizure procedure (saisie-contrefaçon) permits the search, the description and in certain cases the physical seizure of the allegedly infringing goods.
It can be performed by industrial property right holders (patents, plant variety rights, trademarks and designs) as well as literary and artistic property right holders (copyright, software programs).
This proactive measure, specific to French law, is an instrument of immeasurable proof at the service of innovation and creation.
Book 12 of this publication globally studies the principal aspects of search and seizure (saisie-contrefaçon): the rights which can base a search and seizure, the details, the related difficulties and the grounds for nullity.
It contains numerous case law references, abundant in this domain where many cases succeed or fail according to whether the search and seizure (saisie-contrefaçon) was well or badly performed.
A reference tool for judges, lawyers, patent attorneys, bailiffs and court appointed experts, who are the principal actors in a search and seizure procedure (saisie-contrefaçon), as well as for the legal or industrial property departments of companies, which can instigate or undergo it [, which can be instigators or targets].
