IP/N/1/CHE/21  
IP/N/1/CHE/P/19  
IP/N/1/CHE/E/4  
 
18 April 2017  
(17-2084) Page: 1/2 
Council for Trade -Related Aspects  
of Intellectual Property Rights  Original: French  
 
  NOTIF ICATION OF LAWS AND REGULATIONS  
UNDER  ARTICLE 63.2 OF THE TRIPS AGREEMENT  
SWITZERLAND : FEDERAL LAW ON PATEN TS FOR INVENTIONS  
Notifying Member  SWITZERLAND  
 
Details of the notified legal text  
 
Title Loi fédérale sur les brevets d'invention  (Loi sur les  brevets , LBI) ( Federal 
Law on Patents for Inventions (Patents Law) ) 
RS 232.14  (Status as at  1 January 2017)   
Subject matter  Industrial property (general); Patents (including plant variety protecti on); 
Enforcement  
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_1719_00_f.pdf  
Notification status   First notification  
 Amendment or revision to notified legal text  
 Replacement or consolidation of notified leg al text(s)  
Previous 
notification(s) 
referred to  IP/N/1/CHE/P/12  (Status as at  1 September  2008)  
"https://docs.wto.org/dol2fe/Pages/FE_Search/FE_S_S006.aspx?DataSourc
e=Cat&query=@SymbolMatch=IP/N/1/CHE/P/12*&Language=French&Cont
ext=ScriptedSearches&languageUIChanged=true# " 
 
IP/N/1/CHE/P/9  (Status as at  1 July 2008)  
"https://docs.wto.org/dol2fe/Pages/FE_Search/FE_S_S006.aspx?DataSourc
e=Cat&query=@SymbolMatch=IP/N/1/CHE/P/9*&Language=French&Conte
xt=ScriptedSearches&languageUIChanged=true# " 
 
IP/N/1/CHE/P/1  (Status as at  1 September  1995)  
"https://docs.wto.org/dol2fe/Pages/FE_Search/FE_S_S006.aspx?DataSourc
e=Cat&query=@SymbolMatch=IP/N/1/CHE/P/1*&Language=French&Conte
xt=ScriptedSearches&languageUIChanged= true# " 
Brief descrip tion of the notified legal text  
Existence of patent rights, national and European patents, international patent applications , 
acquisition and scope of rights, patents register, civil and criminal proceedings, opposition 
procedure for preliminary examinations , administrative appeal procedure , etc. 
Article 68: Safeguarding of industrial and business secrets.  
Proceedings and penalties under civil and criminal law. Provisional measures. Customs measures.  
Language(s) of 
notified text  Frenc h IP/N/ 1/CHE/21 • IP/N/1/CHE/P/19 • IP/N/1/CHE/E/4  
 
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  Date of adoption  25 June 1954 
Entry into force  1 January  1956 
 
Notification details  
 
Submission date 
of notification  24 February 2017 
Other information  Most recent amendments : 
 
Articles  83(a) and 86(a) to 86(c): adopted on  21 June 2013 and  entered 
into force on 1 January 2017 (RO 2015 3631)  
 
- Infringements committed within an enterprise by subordinate s, agent s or 
representative s. 
- Adjustment to the functions of the Customs Administration in respect of 
the entry into or exit from Swiss Customs territ ory of unlawfully produced 
items.  
 
Provisions introduced on 22 June 2007 and  in effect as of  1 July 2008 
(RO 2008 2551)  
 
Article  40(c): For inventions concerning a diagnostic product or procedure 
for humans, a non -exclusive licence shall be granted to rem edy a practice 
held to be anti -competitive . 
Agency or 
authority 
responsible  Institut Fédéral de la Propriété Intellectuelle  (Federal Institute of 
Intellectual Property)