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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Brochures
The IPI's brochures can be downloaded in PDF format. For a print version, please get in touch with the Contact Centre or use the feedback form.
You can find the IPI's annual reports and annual financial statements here.
"Envisioned. Created. Protected." Pocket Guide
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"Envisioned. Created. Protected." Pocket Guide The small-format brochure offers an introduction to intellectual property and the topics of trade marks, patents, design protection, copyright, indication of origin as well as trade mark and patent searches.
"Filing a patent" brochure
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In German (PDF) Valuable information for drafting a patent application is found in this brochure. Furthermore, it contains information about the application procedure in Switzerland and about the protection of an invention abroad. -
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"Protecting designs" brochure
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In German (PDF) The six page brochure puts the most important information required for applying to register a design in Switzerland and for its protection abroad in a nutshell. -
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News
14.05.2025 | Media release, Law and policy, News
Simplified destruction of counterfeits in small consignments
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30.04.2025 | Patents, Media release, Law and policy
Patents Ordinance to be adapted and modernised in line with revised Patents Act
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24.02.2025 | Media release
Federal Council elected Vincenza Trivigno to the IPI’s Institute Council
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