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14.05.2025 | Media release, Law and policy, News

Simplified destruction of counterfeits in small consignments

Branded clothing, handbags, shoes and luxury watches make up a large proportion of counterfeit...

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30.04.2025 | Patents, Media release, Law and policy

Patents Ordinance to be adapted and modernised in line with revised Patents Act

The Federal Council opened the consultation on the complete revision of the Patents Ordinance on 30...

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14.03.2025 | Conference

PATINFO 2025 | 21st-23rd May 2025, Ilmenau, Germany

Meet with our experts on-site. We will be attending with an exhibition and a workshop.

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16.12.2024 | Conference

Global IP Exchange USA, January 28-29, 2025

Meet our patent experts on January 28 - 29, 2025 in Austin Marriott South, Texas and discover how...

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10.08.2023 | Conference

AIPPI World Congress from 22 to 25 October in Istanbul

This year’s congress of the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property –...

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11.04.2025 | ip-search

Innovators in Switzerland, this is for you!

Do you have a ground-breaking idea or invention? ip-search, the commercial search service of the...

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01.07.2022 | Trade Marks, ip-search, IPI

From July 2022, the IPI will no longer offer trade mark searches

The IPI has assisted applicants and proprietors of trade marks with professional trade mark searches...

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06.10.2021 | ip-search

New search report from 1 October 2021

During the pilot phase, some of our clients took a closer look at the new format of our search...

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