{"id":1669,"date":"2016-08-24T16:56:10","date_gmt":"2016-08-24T16:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/depot-de-marque.com\/?page_id=1669"},"modified":"2020-12-02T19:26:24","modified_gmt":"2020-12-02T18:26:24","slug":"the-special-case-of-french-polynesia","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/depot-de-marque.com\/en\/guide-marques\/le-cas-particulier-de-la-polynesie-francaise\/","title":{"rendered":"The special case of French Polynesia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/depot-de-marque.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/GM_polynesie.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/depot-de-marque.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/GM_polynesie-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"French polynesia\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h1>The special case of French Polynesia<\/h1>\n<p>A 2004 law conferring a large autonomy to French Polynesia has resulted in the suppression of the effects of French trademarks on this territory. Faced with this legal void which was only filled very late, a Polynesian rule of 2013 decided to recognize the validity in Polynesia of trademarks registered at the INPI, under certain conditions, which differ according to the date of filing of the trademarks in question.<\/p>\n<h2>For already registered trademarks filed before January 31, 2014<\/h2>\n<h3>Valid trademarks, outside the renewal period<\/h3>\n<p>There is a deadline expiring on 1 September 2023 to apply for recognition of its trademark in the Polynesian territory. In order to do so, it is necessary to fill in a specific form and send the request, together with the payment of the corresponding fee, to<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dgae.gov.pf\/la-reconnaissance-des-titres-de-propriete-industrielle\/\" data-cke-saved-href=\"http:\/\/www.dgae.gov.pf\/la-reconnaissance-des-titres-de-propriete-industrielle\/\" data-cke-saved- target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Tahiti's General Directorate of Economic Affairs<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Brands to renew<\/h3>\n<p>For marks that must be renewed before September 1, 2023, it is possible to apply for :<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>the recognition of the title in Polynesia for the past through the above procedure.<\/li>\n<li>the extension of the effects of the trademark for the future through the renewal of the trademark, by paying the fee directly to the INPI. Be careful not to miss the tick! If the application for extension is not submitted with <a href=\"http:\/\/depot-de-marque.com\/en\/brand-guide\/rebrand\/\" data-cke-saved-href=\"http:\/\/depot-de-marque.com\/guide-marques\/renouveler-une-marque\" data-cke-saved->the renewal application<\/a>That is, before the Polynesian authorities took up the case, then it is inadmissible.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The two procedures are cumulative: the request for extension cannot take place without prior recognition of the effects of the trademark for the past.<\/p>\n<h2>For new deposits made since 1 February 2014 :<\/h2>\n<p>It is no longer a recognition of rights for the past, since it is a new filing, but an extension of protection. In order to obtain it, one simply has to pay an additional fee of \u20ac60 (July 2016), which will allow the effects of the trademark to be extended in Polynesia. This fee is optional, and is only justified if you plan to have an activity on this territory, or if it is of any interest to you.<\/p>\n<p>If this fee has not been paid at the time of filing, there is no recognition procedure possible: a new application must then be made if protection is sought in that territory.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Le cas particulier de la Polyn\u00e9sie Fran\u00e7aise Une loi de 2004 conf\u00e9rant une grande autonomie \u00e0 la Polyn\u00e9sie Fran\u00e7aise a eu pour cons\u00e9quence de supprimer les effets des marques fran\u00e7aises sur ce territoire. Face \u00e0 ce vide juridique qui n\u2019a \u00e9t\u00e9 combl\u00e9 que tr\u00e8s tardivement, une r\u00e8gle polyn\u00e9sienne de 2013 a d\u00e9cid\u00e9 de reconna\u00eetre la [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":11,"menu_order":21,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":"","tve_updated_post":"<div class=\"thrv_wrapper tve_wp_shortcode\" data-css=\"tve-u-17624b0714c\"><div class=\"tve_shortcode_raw\" style=\"display: none\">___TVE_SHORTCODE_RAW__&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=\"http:\/\/depot-de-marque.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/GM_polynesie.jpg\"&gt;&lt;img class=\"size-medium wp-image-1673 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/depot-de-marque.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/GM_polynesie-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"polynesie francaise\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" \/&gt;&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;h1&gt;Le cas particulier de la Polyn\u00e9sie Fran\u00e7aise&lt;\/h1&gt;&lt;p&gt;Une loi de 2004 conf\u00e9rant une grande autonomie \u00e0 la Polyn\u00e9sie Fran\u00e7aise a eu pour cons\u00e9quence de supprimer les effets des marques fran\u00e7aises sur ce territoire. Face \u00e0 ce vide juridique qui n\u2019a \u00e9t\u00e9 combl\u00e9 que tr\u00e8s tardivement, une r\u00e8gle polyn\u00e9sienne de 2013 a d\u00e9cid\u00e9 de reconna\u00eetre la validit\u00e9 en Polyn\u00e9sie des marques d\u00e9pos\u00e9es \u00e0 l\u2019INPI, sous certaines conditions, qui diff\u00e8rent selon la date de d\u00e9p\u00f4t des marques en cause.&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;h2 class=\"ckeditor\"&gt;Pour les marques d\u00e9j\u00e0 enregistr\u00e9es, d\u00e9pos\u00e9es avant le 31 janvier 2014&lt;\/h2&gt;&lt;h3 class=\"ckeditor\"&gt;Marques en cours de validit\u00e9, hors p\u00e9riode de renouvellement&lt;\/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;Il existe un d\u00e9lai expirant le 1er septembre 2023 pour demander la reconnaissance de sa marque sur le territoire polyn\u00e9sien. Pour ce faire, il faut remplir un formulaire sp\u00e9cifique, et adresser sa demande, accompagn\u00e9e du paiement de la taxe correspondante, \u00e0&lt;a href=\"http:\/\/www.dgae.gov.pf\/la-reconnaissance-des-titres-de-propriete-industrielle\/\" data-cke-saved-href=\"http:\/\/www.dgae.gov.pf\/la-reconnaissance-des-titres-de-propriete-industrielle\/\"&gt; la Direction G\u00e9n\u00e9rale des Affaires Economiques de Tahiti&lt;\/a&gt;.&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;h3 class=\"ckeditor\"&gt;Marques \u00e0 renouveler&lt;\/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;Pour les marques qui doivent \u00eatre renouvel\u00e9es avant le 1er septembre 2023, il est possible de demander :&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;la reconnaissance du titre en Polyn\u00e9sie pour le pass\u00e9 via la proc\u00e9dure ci-dessus.&lt;\/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;l\u2019extension des effets de la marque pour l\u2019avenir via le renouvellement de la marque, en payant directement la taxe aupr\u00e8s de l\u2019INPI. Attention, il ne faut pas manquer le coche ! Si la demande d\u2019extension n\u2019est pas pr\u00e9sent\u00e9e avec &lt;a href=\"http:\/\/depot-de-marque.com\/guide-marques\/renouveler-une-marque\" data-cke-saved-href=\"http:\/\/depot-de-marque.com\/guide-marques\/renouveler-une-marque\"&gt;la demande de renouvellement&lt;\/a&gt;, c\u2019est-\u00e0-dire avant que les autorit\u00e9s polyn\u00e9siennes ne se saisissent du dossier, alors elle est irrecevable.&lt;\/li&gt;&lt;\/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;Les deux proc\u00e9dures sont cumulatives : la demande d\u2019extension ne peut avoir lieu sans une reconnaissance pr\u00e9alable des effets de la marque pour le pass\u00e9.&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;h2 class=\"ckeditor\"&gt;Pour les nouveaux d\u00e9p\u00f4ts, r\u00e9alis\u00e9s depuis le 1er f\u00e9vrier 2014 :&lt;\/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;Il ne s\u2019agit plus d\u2019une reconnaissance des droits pour le pass\u00e9, puisqu\u2019il s\u2019agit d\u2019un nouveau d\u00e9p\u00f4t, mais d\u2019une extension de protection. Pour l\u2019obtenir, il faut simplement payer une taxe suppl\u00e9mentaire de 60 \u20ac (juillet 2016), qui permettra d\u2019\u00e9tendre les effets de la marque en Polyn\u00e9sie. Cette taxe est optionnelle, et ne se justifie que si vous pr\u00e9voyez d\u2019avoir une activit\u00e9 sur ce territoire, ou s\u2019il est d\u2019un quelconque int\u00e9r\u00eat pour vous.&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Si cette taxe n\u2019a pas \u00e9t\u00e9 pay\u00e9e au moment du d\u00e9p\u00f4t, il n\u2019y a pas de proc\u00e9dure de reconnaissance possible : il faut alors proc\u00e9der \u00e0 un nouveau d\u00e9p\u00f4t si l\u2019on souhaite une protection sur ce territoire.&lt;\/p&gt;__TVE_SHORTCODE_RAW___<\/div><\/div><div class=\"thrv_wrapper thrv-button thrv-button-v2 tcb-local-vars-root\" data-css=\"tve-u-17624b07126\">\n\t<div class=\"thrive-colors-palette-config\" style=\"display: none !important\">__CONFIG_colors_palette__{\"active_palette\":0,\"config\":{\"colors\":{\"62516\":{\"name\":\"Main Accent\",\"parent\":-1}},\"gradients\":[]},\"palettes\":[{\"name\":\"Default Palette\",\"value\":{\"colors\":{\"62516\":{\"val\":\"var(--tcb-skin-color-0)\"}},\"gradients\":[]}}]}__CONFIG_colors_palette__<\/div>\n\t<a href=\"http:\/\/depot-de-marque.com\/guide-marques\/\" class=\"tcb-button-link tcb-plain-text\">\n\t\t<span class=\"tcb-button-texts\"><span class=\"tcb-button-text thrv-inline-text\">Retour au menu<\/span><\/span>\n\t<\/a>\n<\/div>","tve_custom_css":"@media (min-width: 300px){[data-css=\"tve-u-17624b07126\"] .tcb-button-link { letter-spacing: 2px; background-image: linear-gradient(var(--tcb-local-color-62516, rgb(19, 114, 211)), var(--tcb-local-color-62516, rgb(19, 114, 211))); --tve-applied-background-image:linear-gradient(var$(--tcb-local-color-62516, rgb(19, 114, 211)), var$(--tcb-local-color-62516, rgb(19, 114, 211))); background-size: auto; background-attachment: scroll; border-radius: 5px; overflow: hidden; padding: 18px; background-position: 50% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat; }[data-css=\"tve-u-17624b07126\"] .tcb-button-link span { color: rgb(255, 255, 255); --tcb-applied-color:#fff; }[data-css=\"tve-u-17624b07126\"] { --tcb-local-color-62516:var(--tcb-skin-color-0); }[data-css=\"tve-u-17624b0714c\"] { --tcb-local-color-62516:var(--tcb-skin-color-0) !important; }}","tve_user_custom_css":"","tve_globals":{"e":"1","font_cls":[]},"tcb2_ready":1,"tcb_editor_enabled":1,"tve_landing_page":"","_tve_header":"0","_tve_footer":"0"},"class_list":["post-1669","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","post-wrapper","thrv_wrapper"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/depot-de-marque.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1669","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/depot-de-marque.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/depot-de-marque.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depot-de-marque.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depot-de-marque.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1669"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/depot-de-marque.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1669\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depot-de-marque.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/depot-de-marque.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}