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
- International trade mark registration
- 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
- Trade marks: News Service Archive
- Patents: Patent Examination Guidelines (German, French)
- Patents: Fees
Flags and emblems
Article 6ter of the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property protects flags and state emblems against registration and unauthorised use as a trade mark. Names and emblems of international intergovernmental organisations and official signs indicating control are also protected under this article. The emblems and official signs are notified by the states and intergovernmental organisations and are subsequently published by WIPO in the Article 6ter Express electronic database.
In Switzerland, coats of arms, flags and other emblems of the Confederation, cantons, districts and local authorities are also protected.
Events
19.01.2023 | Law and policy, Event
Conference on Intellectual Property & Sustainability at the University of Geneva
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