IP/N/1/CHE/24  
IP/N/1/CHE/T/8  
IP/N/1/CHE/G/34  
 
18 April 2017  
(17-2088) 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 AGREEMENT  
SWITZERLAND : ORDINANCE ON THE PRO TECTION OF TRADEMARK S 
Notifying Member  SWITZERLAND  
 
Details of the notified legal text  
 
Title Ordonnance sur  la protection des marques , OPM (Ordinanc e on the 
Protection of Trademarks)  
RS 232.111  (Status as at  1 January 2017)  
Subject matter  Industrial property (general); Trademarks ; Geographical indications  
Nature of 
notification   Main dedicated intellectual property law or regulation  
 Other law or regulation  
Link to legal text  http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2017/IP/CHE/17 _1728_00_f.pdf  
Notification status   First notification  
 Amendment or revision to notified legal text  
 Replacement or consolidation of notified legal text(s)  
Previous 
notification(s) 
referred to  IP/N/1 /CHE/T/6 -IP/N/1/CHE/G/20  (Status as at 1 July 2011)  
"https://docs.w to.org/dol2fe/Pages/FE_Search/FE_S_S006.aspx?DataSourc
e=Cat&query=@SymbolMatch=IP/N/1/CHE/T/6*&Language=French&Conte
xt=ScriptedSearches&languageUIChanged=true# " 
 
IP/N/1/CHE/T/4 -IP/N/1/CHE/G/12  
"https://docs.wto.org/dol2fe/Pages/FE_Search/FE_S_S006.aspx?DataSourc
e=Cat&query=@SymbolMatch=IP/N/1/CHE/T/4*&Language=French&Con te
xt=ScriptedSearches&languageUIChanged=true# " 
 
IP/N/1/CHE/T/2  
"https://docs.wto.org/dol2fe/Pages/FE_Search/FE_S_S006.aspx?DataSourc
e=Cat&query=@SymbolMatch=IP/N/1/CHE/T/2*&Language=French&Conte
xt=ScriptedSearches&languageUIChanged=true# " 
Brief description of the notified legal text  
National and international registra tion of marks, opposition procedures, trademarks register, 
Customs measures, etc.  
 
Articles 36.3 and 37.4: safeguarding of industrial and business secrets in trademark application 
files and the trademarks register.  
Language(s) of 
notified text  French  IP/N/1/CHE/24 • IP/N/1/ CHE/T/8 • IP/N/1/CHE/G/34  
 
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  Date of adoption  23 December 1992  
Entry into force  1 April 1993  
 
Notification details  
 
Submission date 
of notification  24 February 2017  
Other information  Most recent amendments:  
 
Article 55: adopted on 6 June 2014 and entered into force on 
1 September  2014 (RO 2014 2051)  
 
Adjustment pursuant to the changes to the functions of the Customs 
Administration.  
 
Articles 3, 9, 12, 14, 17 and 21 to 23; heading preceding Article 24(a); 
Articles 24(a) to 24(e), 35, 36, 38, 40, 50(a) and 52; heading preceding 
Article 5 2(a); Articles 52(a) to 52(d); heading preceding Article 52(e); 
Articles 52(e) to 52(n); heading preceding Article 52(o); Articles 52(o), 55, 
56 and 60(a): adopted on 2 September 2015 and entered into force on 
1 January  2017 (RO 2015 3649)  
 
Implementation of the registration of geographical marks and the 
administrative procedure for the cancellation of marks at the request of a 
third party, and conditions for the use of indications of source for industrial 
products and services.  
 
Articles 4, 5, 6(a), 7 to 9 , 11, 12, 14(a), 18, 19, 26, 28, 29, 39 to 41 and 
47: adopted on 2 December 2016 (RO 2016 4829)  
 
Simplification and harmonization of procedures in order to facilitate the 
renewal of the electronic administration system for trademarks and achieve 
increased transparency for owners.  
Agency or 
authority 
responsible  Institut Fédéral de la Propriété Intellectuelle  (Federal Institute of 
Intellectual Property)