« An Industrial Property Attorney shall exercise his profession with dignity, honor, independence and probity and shall comply with the laws and regulations governing his society. »

Art. R.422-52, Intellectual Property Code

« An Industrial Property Attorney:

 Shall refrain within the same case from advising, assisting or representing customers having opposing interests;

 

 Shall observe professional secrecy: secrecy shall extend in particular to consultations given to his client, to professional correspondence and to all documents drawn up in that connection;

 

 Shall pursue the case for which he is responsible up to its completion, unless his customer releases him from it;

 

 Shall report on the execution of his brief, particularly with respect to the handling of funds; to that end, he shall submit to his client an account that clearly shows his fees on the one hand, and the costs and charges on the other: this account shall show the amounts that have been previously received as advances or payment;

 

 Shall return to the client who has released him or to the latter's new representative all documents of an official nature in his possession and all the elements and information required to execute or complete the task entrusted to him; the documents should be handed out within a period of time that will avoid any preclusion or prescription. »

Art. R.422-54, Intellectual Property Code

« An Industrial Property Attorney shall exercise his profession with dignity, honor, independence and probity and shall comply with the laws and regulations governing his society. »

Art. R.422-52, Intellectual Property Code

« An Industrial Property Attorney:

 Shall refrain within the same case from advising, assisting or representing customers having opposing interests;

 

 Shall observe professional secrecy: secrecy shall extend in particular to consultations given to his client, to professional correspondence and to all documents drawn up in that connection;

 

 Shall pursue the case for which he is responsible up to its completion, unless his customer releases him from it;

 

 Shall report on the execution of his brief, particularly with respect to the handling of funds; to that end, he shall submit to his client an account that clearly shows his fees on the one hand, and the costs and charges on the other: this account shall show the amounts that have been previously received as advances or payment;

 

 Shall return to the client who has released him or to the latter's new representative all documents of an official nature in his possession and all the elements and information required to execute or complete the task entrusted to him; the documents should be handed out within a period of time that will avoid any preclusion or prescription. »

Art. R.422-54, Intellectual Property Code