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 IPI's publication organ
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Register, in progress | - | - | - | - |
Protection in Switzerland
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PAO/PGI application for registration | ||||
Guidelines for the registration of PAOs and PGIs for non-agricultural products and for the international registration of geographical indications | ||||
Product specification, in progress | - | - | - | - |
PAO/PGI Ordinance for Non-Agricultural Products | ||||
PDO and PGI Register for Agricultural Products (FOAG) | Online | Online | Online | |
Geneva Act of the Lisbon Agreement on Appellations of Origin and Geographical Indications | Online | Online | Online | |
Common Regulations under the Lisbon Agreement and the Geneva Act of the Lisbon Agreement | Online | Online | Online |
Protection abroad
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Application for the international registration of an AO/GI (Lisbon System) (in French) | ||||
Individual fees – member states of the Lisbon System | Online | |||
Guidelines for the registration of PAOs and PGIs for non-agricultural products and for the international registration of geographical indications | ||||
Geneva Act of the Lisbon Agreement on Appellations of Origin and Geographical Indications | Online | Online | Online | |
Common Regulations under the Lisbon Agreement and the Geneva Act of the Lisbon Agreement | Online | Online | Online | |
Agreement of 15 April 1994 on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights | Online | Online | Online | Online |
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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