Aéroport de Paris - 2018 Registration document

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RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, TRADEMARKS PATENTS AND LICENCES

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RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

Given its line of business, Aéroports de Paris carries out specific research and development, limited to its business operations.

11.2 TRADEMARKS, PATENTS AND LICENCES

to travellers, the content, the free and paying services, the promotion of the Parisian hub, marketing communications, general public events in and outside the sites. Some subsidiaries of Groupe ADP use their own specific trademark, including Hub One. Furthermore, as of the date of this document, Aéroports de Paris owned approximately 200 Internet domain names, including “adp.fr” and “aeroportsdeparis.fr” and had obtained the “.paris” extension used, in particular, by English-speaking passengers who are able to use the “airports.paris” address. Aéroports de Paris may occasionally file patent applications, none of which are of any significance to the group.

Groupe ADP owns about 200 trademarks worldwide which differentiate the Group’s various business activities. The “Groupe ADP” brand speaks on behalf of all the activities in France and internationally. It carries the relations with the public authorities, shareholders and financial markets, as well as partners. Internally, it is the common foundation for belonging for all employees that it brings together around a corporate project. The Paris Aéroport trademark carries with it a unique promise for travellers. It serves as a landmark and signifies its reception areas, services, and on-site and off-site retail establishments. The “Paris Aéroport” trademark covers the following areas: the sites and applications dedicated

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