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
News
Criteria for determining origin for services
A company may promote its services as being Swiss provided that its headquarters are situated in Switzerland.
The significant activities of the company and the significant decisions which have direct influence on the company must be at the place of the actual headquarters.
The law also takes into account different company structures. Company subsidiaries and foreign branches of a Swiss parent company may use the indication of source "Swiss" under the following cumulative conditions:
- The parent company is headquartered in Switzerland
- The parent company or one of its subsidiaries (which is actually controlled by it and whose headquarters are in Switzerland) is actually administered from Switzerland
- The indication of source is used for services similar to those provided by the parent company or the subsidiary in question
These criteria ensure that the parent company, which itself is commercially active, is able to actually control the services offered by one of its foreign subsidiaries.
News
24.05.2022 | Patents, Trade Marks
A strategy for success – how a Swiss start-up protects its inventions
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18.05.2022 | Media release, IPI
Federal Council adopts strategic objectives for Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property
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17.05.2022 | Patents, Trade Marks, Law and policy, Designs
Termination of the Agreement between Switzerland and Germany on Reciprocal Protection for Patents, Designs and Trade Marks
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Events
14.04.2022 | Patents, Event, IPI
EPO/IPI - invitation to a free public online seminar on patenting topics in green tech
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01.10.2021 | Event, Partners and initiatives, IPI
How SMEs protect their primary raw material – know-how
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