INPI

In addition to granting and registering patents, trademarks and designs, INPI, the French Patent and Trademark Office, furthers economic development by its actions designed to raise awareness and promote innovation and its key issues. INPI provides help and advice to innovators so they can convert their projects into concrete results and derive value from their innovations. Depository of all the industrial property rights registered in France and the data of the French Companies Register, INPI disseminates more than 53 million open, free and reusable data items. INPI now operates the one-stop-shop for company formalities. Lastly, INPI is responsible for the approval of industrial and artisanal geographical indications.