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
News
Contact
Contact / Administration

Irène Vogt-Liechti
Training and sponsorship coordination
irene.vogtliechti(at)ipi.ch
Tel +41 31 377 72 60
Qualifications:
- CAS in Marketing- & Corporate Communications
- Marketing planner, Federal Diploma of Higher Education
- Workplace trainer with BFF Bern for companies hosting apprentices
Trainers

Matthias Käch
Senior IP Trainer
matthias.kaech(at)ipi.ch
Tel +41 31 377 74 38
Qualifications:
- Senior IP trainer and trade mark expert
- MAS in Brand and Marketing Management
- DAS in Intellectual Property Law
- Federal Trainer Diploma

Kamran Houshang Pour
Senior IP Trainer
kamran.houshangpour(at)ipi.ch
Tel +41 31 377 73 69
Qualifications:
- IP trainer and patent expert
- Patent examiner
- Patent searcher
- Lecturer at ETH Zurich
- Dr. ès Sciences EPFL
- Graduate physicist
- Master's in Intellectual Property Law and Management (MIPLM)
News
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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17.05.2022 | Patents, Trade Marks, Law and policy, Designs
Termination of the Agreement between Switzerland and Germany on Reciprocal Protection for Patents, Designs and Trade Marks
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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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