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
Email submissions
The IPI also accepts submissions received by email in accordance with the Ordinance on Electronic Communication in Administrative Proceedings.
The IPI determines the IP rights and procedures for which submissions by email are legally binding. Please also see the Terms of Use.
Please use only one of the following email addresses for your submission:
- For submissions relating to trade marks tm.admin@ekomm.ipi.ch
- For submissions relating to patents patent.admin@ekomm.ipi.ch
- For submissions relating to designs design.admin@ekomm.ipi.ch
- For submissions relating to PDOs/PGIs origin.admin@ekomm.ipi.ch
- For submissions relating to copyright copyright.admin@ekomm.ipi.ch
- For submitting current account debit orders finance@ekomm.ipi.ch
The receipt of your submission will be communicated to you via an email containing a digitally signed confirmation. The confirmation records the date of receipt by the IPI. If you do not receive an email confirming receipt of a submission with a pending time limit, this means that the IPI has not received it. In this instance, it is imperative that you resend any submission with a pending time limit to the IPI by post.
For other IP rights domains and procedures, email submissions only have legal validity once you have also submitted the relevant documents by post (as previously). For details, please refer to submitting documentation for procedures.
Receiving written correspondence from the IPI
Formal IPI correspondence is sent by post, even if you have sent your submission by email. This includes all written correspondence from the IPI in connection with a pending administrative procedure, in particular decisions.
For trade marks, you also have the option of requesting electronic delivery per IP right and procedure. This means that you will receive correspondence from the IPI electronically.
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19.01.2023 | Law and policy, Event
Conference on Intellectual Property & Sustainability at the University of Geneva
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