Court decisions
Most judicial decisions on intellectual property concern disputes over trade mark protection. This IP right accounted for 51 per cent of the 285 court decisions made in 2019.
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
Statistics on court decisions
Figures and information on court decisions in Switzerland concerning intellectual property. The IPI is regularly informed of court judgments on intellectual property. In 2019, it was notified of 280 decisions.
Court decisions by legal field
Criminal law: 69
Civil law: 150
Administrative law: 61
Court decisions by specialist field
Decisions which include trade mark law: 145
Decisions which include design law: 2
Decisions which include patent law: 31
Decisions which include copyright law: 98
Decisions which include Swissness/geographical indications: 9
Court decisions by canton
Aargau: 5
Bern: 18
Geneva: 41
Zurich: 45
Remaining: 171
Note
The judgments presented here correspond to the number of decisions that the courts have provided us with. These are the decisions that we have been informed of. The statistics are therefore not exhaustive.
You can find an anonymised overview of all decisions here: Statistics_decisions_2019 (in German). Due to data protection requirements, the decisions themselves are not passed on to third parties.