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.
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News
01.07.2024 | Law and policy, Copyright
New directive for the supervision of the collective rights management organisations
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Enforcing design rights
Enforce your design rights
As the owner of a registered design, you can exclude others from using it. This means third parties are not allowed to sell, manufacture or import your design into Switzerland. However, you are responsible for ensuring this doesn’t happen. Therefore, observe the market and in particular your competitors and their products. Remember, design rights are often infringed unintentionally.
Send a warning letter
Is someone benefiting from your design without your permission? Act judiciously in such cases. Carefully document the unlawful act and involve a specialist as soon as possible to help you analyse the situation. Often, all that’s needed is a warning letter to the offender. In the letter, indicate the offence concerning your design in a factual manner. Present the legal situation and the consequences should the transgression continue. Try to settle the matter out of court – it is quicker and less expensive than legal proceedings. If this approach isn’t successful, you can bring a civil claim or a criminal complaint for design infringement before the court.
Assistance from the Federal Office for Customs and Border Security
Do you have evidence that goods which infringe your registered design are entering Switzerland from abroad? In such instances, the Federal Office for Customs and Border Security may be able to help you by refusing to clear the goods at the border. Find out how you can make an application for assistance:
News
20.08.2024 | IPI, Dienstleistungen - OnlineServices, Dienstleistungen - Datenbanken und Verzeichnisse
Swissreg is to be completely modernised
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01.07.2024 | Law and policy, Copyright
New directive for the supervision of the collective rights management organisations
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27.05.2024 | Patents, Media release, Law and policy, Conference
New international treaty on intellectual property, genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge adopted
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Events
19.01.2023 | Law and policy, Event
Conference on Intellectual Property & Sustainability at the University of Geneva
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