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Texts on final vote
Federal Council reports
- Report “Parallel imports and patent law” of 08.05.2000 (in German or French)
- Report “Parallel imports and patent law” of 29.11.2002 (in German or French)
- Report “Parallel imports and patent law: regional exhaustion" of 03.12.2004 (in German, French, Italian) / Appendices to the report (in German, French, Italian)
Studies commissioned by the Confederation
- Legal opinions by Prof. Dr. J. Straus and Dr. P Katzenberger Parallelimporte - Rechtsgrundlagen zur Erschöpfung im Patentrecht (in German, pdf 643 KB)
- Study by Frontier Economics and Plaut Erschöpfung von Eigentumsrechten: Auswirkungen eines Systemwechsels auf die schweizerische Volkswirtschaft (in German, pdf 1880 KB)
- Study by BASYS und INFRAS Auswirkungen staatlicher Eingriffe auf das Preisniveau im Bereich Humanarzneimittel (in German, pdf 2026 KB)
- M. Raaflaub und M. Genoni Preise für landwirtschaftliche Produktionsmittel in der Schweiz (in German, pdf 385 KB)
- Study by Dr. S. Vaterlaus und P. Zenhäusern Warum erodieren Parallelimporte die Preisinsel Schweiz nicht stärker? (in German, pdf 239 KB)
- Study by Dr. S. Vaterlaus und P. Zenhäusern Auswirkungen eines Wechsels zur regionalen Erschöpfung im Patentrecht (in German, pdf 209 KB)
- Legal opinions from Prof. Dr. Th. Cottier and R. Liechti Ist die einseitig statuierte regionale Erschöpfung im schweizerischen Patentrecht mit dem WTO-Recht vereinbar? (in German, pdf 203 KB)
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News
14.05.2025 | Media release, Law and policy, News
Simplified destruction of counterfeits in small consignments
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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
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24.02.2025 | Media release
Federal Council elected Vincenza Trivigno to the IPI’s Institute Council
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