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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Verifying novelty
Novelty and inventive step are requirements for a patent to be valid. However, there is no examination for these in the Swiss granting procedure. In Switzerland, a patent is granted without guarantee and can therefore be subsequently declared invalid if a third party appeals against it.
We therefore strongly advise you to verify the novelty and inventive step of your invention yourself or have it verified for you before or after applying to patent your invention.
What you can do
- You can carry out initial research on the internet. Search for the features of your invention via search engines. You can also carry out a simple search in patent literature. Remember to take into account specialist literature, product catalogues and trade shows, too.
You can find further information under searching for patents yourself and patent searches. - An Assisted Patent Search provides an inexpensive initial overview of the state of the art (also known as the prior art) in relation to your invention.
- As soon as you have applied to patent your invention, you can request a Swiss Patent Application Search or an International-Type Search.
- A patent attorney or a private search service provider would be happy to help you verify this.
News
28.06.2023 | Patents, Trade Marks, Designs
Harmonisation and partial revision of guidelines as of 1 July 2023
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16.06.2023 | Patents, Trade Marks, Designs, IPI
The IPI simplifies IP rights management with new online services
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24.05.2023 | Media release, Copyright
Online service providers are to remunerate use of journalistic works
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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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