Glossary
French: PIBD (Propriété Industrielle – Bulletin Documentaire)
PIBD stands for Propriété Industrielle – Bulletin Documentaire (Industrial Property Documentary Bulletin). It is the free review published by the INPI, available by subscription and downloadable at no cost upon registration.
The PIBD keeps practitioners informed of court decisions and legislative developments in trademarks, designs, patents and copyright. For a US reader, it is best understood as a cross between an official reporter and a current-awareness bulletin issued by the trademark office itself — there is no direct USPTO equivalent; the closest analogs would be the TTAB’s published decisions combined with a practice newsletter.
Decisions reported in the PIBD are also available in the INPI’s case-law database, which makes the PIBD a practical entry point for tracking how French courts and the INPI itself apply trademark law — including the opposition, revocation and invalidity decisions cited throughout this glossary.
Do not confuse the PIBD with the BOPI (Bulletin Officiel de la Propriété Industrielle): the BOPI is the official gazette publishing trademark filings and registrations (with legal effect), while the PIBD is documentary — a review of case law and legal news with no official legal value attached to its content.
See also: French trademark, trademark law.