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
The supplementary protection certificate (SPC)
Extension of the term of protection for medicinal and plant protection products
For medicinal products and plant protection products, approval or official authorisation must be obtained (from Swissmedic, the Federal Veterinary Office or the Federal Office for Agriculture, for example) before they can be used commercially. This authorisation procedure can sometimes take up to ten years, during which time the term of protection for the associated patent is already running. Therefore, to compensate for this situation, it is possible to request a supplementary protection certificate (SPC). The term of protection of the SPC begins as soon as the maximum term of protection (20 years) of the patented active ingredient expires. An SPC extends protection for up to a further five years.
For an SPC to be granted, the following criteria must be fulfilled:
- SPCs can only be granted on the basis of a valid patent and official authorisation or approval.
An SPC must be requested within six months from:
- the first official authorisation or approval in Switzerland; or
- the grant of the patent if this is granted later than the first official authorisation or approval.
News
15.06.2022 | Trade Marks, Partners and initiatives
The IPI’s IP Management Award goes to Pettastic!
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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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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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