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
Archive
Patents
Current information on patent law.
The content in the archive is from an earlier version of the website and is without editorial revision. We cannot guarantee the correctness of the links to external sources.
Consultation
Dispatch and Draft
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)
Links
News
Events
19.01.2023 | Law and policy, Event
Conference on Intellectual Property & Sustainability at the University of Geneva
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