1. Relevant Authorities and Legislation
1.1 What is the relevant Design authority in your
jurisdiction?
The Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property (IPI) is
the relevant design authority in Switzerland.
1.2 What is the relevant Design legislation in your
jurisdiction?
The relevant design legislation in Switzerland are as
follows:
- The Federal Act on the Protection of Designs (Designs Act,
DesA).
- The Federal Ordinance on the Protection of Designs (Designs
Ordinance, DesO).
2. Application for a Design
2.1 What can be registered as a Design?
The external appearance of products or parts thereof,
characterised, in particular, by the arrangement of lines,
surfaces, contours or colours or by the materials used, can be
registered as a design (art. 1 DesA). Two-dimensional designs and
three-dimensional forms can be registered as designs.
