Please note the following:

• The official email address for submissions concerning trade mark procedures is: tm.adminnot shown@ekomm.ipito make life hard for spam bots.ch. Only submissions that are sent to this address are considered to be legally-binding and in observance of the time limit. They are only deemed to have been received by the IPI when you have received a confirmation email (see the Submission by Email Terms of Use (PDF)).
• Trade mark applications as well as applications for an international registration based on a Swiss trade mark must be submitted using the official form and may be sent via post, courier, fax, or email (as a PDF attachment).
• Requests to divide an application or a trade mark, requests to withdraw or cancel an application or trade mark as well as to cancel or divide goods and service classes still need a signature and therefore may only be submitted via email as a PDF attachment.
• Certificates (e.g. certificates of transfer, power of attorney, priority documents) must be submitted via email as a PDF attachment.
• The IPI also reserves the right to request the original signed document at a later date.

Please note the following:

• The official email address for submissions concerning patent procedures is: patent.adminnot shown@ekomm.ipito make life hard for spam bots.ch (see the Submission by Email Terms of Use (PDF)).

• Confirmation of equivalence for repeat filings of biological material for a Swiss patent filing may NOT be sent via email. For EP and PCT patent applications, the respective organisation’s online application system must be used.
• Withdrawing a patent application, waiving a patent, partially waiving a patent, waiving the SPC as well as filing or rectifying the name of the inventor and waiving the naming of the inventor still require a signature and therefore may only be submitted via email as a PDF attachment.

• Certificates (e.g. certificates of transfer, power of attorney, priority documents) must be submitted via email as a PDF attachment.
• The IPI also reserves the right to demand the original signed document at a later date.

Please note the following:

• The official email address for submissions concerning design procedures is: design.adminnot shown@ekomm.ipito make life hard for spam bots.ch (see the Submission by Email Terms of Use (PDF)).

• Applications for deferring publication as well as for early termination of deferment must be submitted as a PDF attachment via email.

• Applications for waiver or partial waiver must be sent via email as a PDF attachment.

• Certificates (e.g. certificates of transfer, power of attorney, priority documents) must be submitted via email as a PDF attachment.
• The IPI also reserves the right to demand the original signed document at a later date.

Please note the following:

• The official email address for submissions concerning PDO-PGI procedures is: origin.adminnot shown@ekomm.ipito make life hard for spam bots.ch. Only submissions that are sent to this address are considered to be legally-binding and in observance of the time limit. They are only deemed to have been received by the IPI when you have received a confirmation email (see the Submission by Email Terms of Use (PDF)).
• Certificates (e.g. certificates of transfer, power of attorney, priority documents) must be submitted via email as a PDF attachment. It is recommended to also send in the product specification as a Word document.
• The IPI reserves the right to demand the original signed document at a later date.

Please note the following:

• The official email address for submissions concerning copyright procedures is: copyright.adminnot shown@ekomm.ipito make life hard for spam bots.ch. Only submissions that are sent to this address are considered to be legally-binding and in observance of the time limit. They are only deemed to have been received by the IPI when you have received a confirmation email (see the Submission by Email Terms of Use (PDF)).
• Certificates (e.g. certificates of transfer, power of attorney, priority documents) must be submitted via email as a PDF attachment.
• The IPI also reserves the right to demand the original signed document at a later date.