Court decisions
Most judicial decisions on intellectual property concern disputes over trade mark protection. This IP right accounted for 55 per cent of the 176 court decisions made in 2021.
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01.07.2024 | Law and policy, Copyright
New directive for the supervision of the collective rights management organisations
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Figures and information on court decisions in Switzerland concerning intellectual property. The IPI is regularly informed of court judgments on intellectual property. In 2021, it was notified of 176 decisions.
Criminal law: 64
Civil law: 73
Administrative law: 39
Decisions which include trade mark law: 96
Decisions which include design law: 0
Decisions which include patent law: 25
Decisions which include copyright law: 53
Decisions which include Swissness/geographical indications: 6
Aargau: 12
Bern: 9
Geneva: 11
Zurich: 24
Remaining: 50
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 2021 (in German). Due to data protection requirements, the decisions themselves are not passed on to third parties.
01.07.2024 | Law and policy, Copyright
New directive for the supervision of the collective rights management organisations
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27.05.2024 | Patents, Media release, Law and policy, Conference
New international treaty on intellectual property, genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge adopted
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22.05.2024 | Patents, Media release, Law and policy
Transparency in the area of patent rights in plant breeding
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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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