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On February 14, 2025, Switzerland and Morocco launched the Swiss PartnershIP Morocco project, aimed at strengthening the intellectual property ecosystem in Morocco.

Gemäss Art. 12 MSchG muss der Inhaber einer Marke diese innerhalb von fünf Jahren seit der Eintragung auch tatsächlich benutzen, damit sein Recht daran nicht untergeht.

Strengthening the international legal framework for these safeguards was the main goal of the sixth session of the Working Group on the Legal Development...

Au terme d'une analyse de l'arrêt du Tribunal Administratif Fédéral (TAF B-4008/2022 – Rynkeby (fig.) ), l'Institut Fédéral de la Propriété Intellectuelle (« IPI ») a réexaminé sa pratique en matière...

Un programme pilote PPH ("Patent Prosecution Highway") va être mis en place entre l'Office européen des brevets (OEB) et l'Administration nationale chinoise de la propriété intellectuelle (CNIPA), à compter du 1er août 2026.

In autumn 2015 the Swiss Federal Office of Communications (OFCOM) will introduce the new .swiss-TLD. The Federal Government applied for this new TLD.

In its decision of June 3, 2024, the Federal Administrative Court confirmed the decision of the IPI, stating that the trademark "Burek King" cannot be registered due to the risk...

Sharp images, strong marks: Court clarifies that primary reference should be made to the publication in the WIPO Gazette when assessing an international registrations.

In the past few years, Künzli SwissSchuh AG was embroiled in several trademark disputes with the US shoe manufacturer K-Swiss. K-Swiss was established in the 1960s by two Swiss who emigrated to Los Angeles (the original founders are no longer involved in the company). K-Swiss initially imported Künzli shoes to the US (while Künzli imported American sneakers to Switzerland), then started producing its own shoes and eventually became one of the leaders in the casual shoe sector.

The IPI finds a likelihood of confusion between "Fruchtmonster" and "MONSTER" and emphasizes the protection of distinctive brand elements for mass-market goods as well as the high bar for proving brand recognition.

The Federal Administrative Court recently had to decide whether the use of the sign MILLEZIMUS for wines, spirits and services of wine bars resulted in a likelihood of confusion with respect to the trademark MILLESIMA.

The Swiss Administrative Court has upheld a decision of the Federal Institute of Intellectual Property (FIIP) in which the latter had refused to register the word mark QATAR AIRWAYS.

It lies in the nature of the blockchain technology that the control and securing of blockchain transactions have a non-proprietary character.

According to the practice of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court, a trademark will not enjoy protection under the Swiss Trademark Act if its holder does not intend any serious use of the trademark, but rather registers it in order to prevent registration by third parties or to increase the range of protection of a similar trademark that is already in use.

The Federal Supreme Court has clarified the requirement for establishing lack of intention to use a trademark and so the hurdles to be jumped in order to successfully claim nullity of a defensive trademark registration.