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IP/N/1/CHE/T/13  
IP/N/1/CHE/G/36  
 
25 February 2022  
(22-1803) Page: 1/2 
Council for Trade -Related Aspects  
of Intellectual Property Rights  Original: French  
 
NOTIFICATION OF LAWS AND REGULATIONS  
UNDER  ARTICLE 63.2  OF THE TRIPS AGREEMENT  
SWITZERLAND : FEDERAL LAW ON THE PROTECTION OF TRADEMARKS  
AND INDICATIONS OF SOURCE  
Notifying Member  SWITZERLAND  
 
Details of the notified legal text  
 
Title Loi fédérale sur la protection des marques et des indications de provenance  
(Federal Law on the Protection of Trademarks and Indications of Source ) 
Subject matter  Trademarks ; Geographical indications  
Nature of 
notification  [X] Main dedicated intellectual property law or regulation  
[  ] Other law or regulation  
Link to legal text* https://ip -documents.info/2022/IP/CHE/22_0950_00_f.pdf  
Notification 
status  [  ] First notification  
[  ] Amendment or revision to notified legal text  
[X] Replacement or consolidation of notified legal text(s)  
Previous 
notification(s) 
referred to  IP/N/1/CHE/T/7, IP/N/1/CHE/G/33, IP/N/1/CHE/E/5, IP/N/1/CHE/23  
Brief description of the notified legal text  
 
Definitions, existence of trademark rights, guarantee marks and collective marks, na tional and 
international registration of marks, acquisition and scope of rights, opposition procedure, 
trademarks register, civil and criminal proceedings, administrative appeal procedure, Customs 
measures, etc.  
 
Most recent amendments:  
Article 42:  
- Amendment concerning representation in Switzerland when the domicile is abroad.  
 
Language(s) of 
notified legal text French  
Entry into force  1 April 2019  
Other date  Adoption: 28 September 2018  IP/N/1/CHE/33 • IP/N/1/CHE/T/13 • IP/N/1/CHE/G/36  
 
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  Notification details  
 
Submission date 
of notification  20 January 2022  
Other information   
Agency or 
authority 
responsible  Institut Fédéral de la Propriété Intellectuelle , IPI (Federal Institute of 
Intellectual Property ) 
Stauffacherstrasse 65/59g  
CH – 3003 Berne  
Switzerland  
 
Telephone:  +41 31 377 77 77  
Email:  info@ipi.ch  
 
 
* Links are provided to texts of laws and regulations notified under the TRIPS Agreement in the form 
supplied by the Member concerned; the WTO Secretariat does not endorse or revise their content.  