For IP professionals
This is the portal for professionals working in the field of intellectual property. Here you'll find direct access to all necessary resources.
Quick links
- Trade Mark Database
- Register changes for trade marks
- Swissreg
- Madrid Monitor
- TMview
- E-trademark
- IR-online
- Trade Mark Guidelines (German, French, Italian)
- Classification tool for trade marks
- Trade mark examination support tool
- Trade marks: Costs and fees
- Trade marks: WIPO fee calculator
- Cancellation procedure for trade marks on the grounds of non-use
- Protected public signs: Abbreviations
- Protected public signs: Other signs (emblems)
- Directory of Intellectual Property Offices
- Trademarks: News Service Archive
- Patents: Patent Examination Guidelines (German, French)
- Patents: Fees
SMEs report
Protecting trade marks
Consumers make buying decisions every day. Product brands can help them to decide which product to buy. This is because they allow the consumer to make a connection between the product and the manufacturer, the quality, the origin and the price. Manufacturers individualise their products or services through trade marks and their depiction of them. Here, entrepreneurs tell about their own brand strategy experiences.
Marketing with a seal of quality
Guaranteed energy efficiency: how Aarplan Architekten AG put the 'Minergie' mark to use.
Ronald Huber, Aarplan Architekten AG, Solothurn SO
Pretty smart
State-certified creativity - the renowned Zurich industrial designer Beat Karrer is a regular customer at the IPI.
Beat Karrer, Studio Beat Karrer GmbH, Zurich ZH
Ophthalmology with perspectives
IP-refinement with strong partners - for its entry into the US market, the Zurich Eye Clinic IROC teams up with licensees.
Michael Mrochen, CEO, Iroc AG, Zurich ZH
News
21.06.2021 | Patents
DNA data storage innovators Robert Grass and Wendelin Stark receive European Inventor Award 2021
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07.06.2021 | Patents, IP news, IPI
European Inventor Award 2021: Swiss researcher in the final
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