Notifying Member

Switzerland

Details of the notified legal text

Title

Loi fédérale concernant la protection des noms et emblèmes de l'Organisation des Nations Unies et d'autres organisations intergouvernementales (Federal Law on the Protection of the Names and Emblems of the United Nations Organization and other Intergovernmental Organizations)

Subject matter

Trademarks

Nature of notification

[X]     Main dedicated intellectual property law or regulation

[  ]    Other law or regulation

Link to legal text[*]

https://ip-documents.info/2025/IP/CHE/25_03726_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/11

Brief description of the notified legal text

Article 7.1bis: amendment to the penalty if the offender acts for commercial gain (in the case of a custodial sentence, no monetary penalty applies).

(Introduced by provision II 2 of Annex 3 to the Federal Law of 21 June 2013 on the protection of coats of arms (RO 2015 3679; FF 2009 7711). Amended by provision I 11 of the Federal Law of 17 December 2021 on the harmonization of sentencing policy, in force since 1 July 2023 (RO 2023 259; FF 2018 2889)).

Language(s) of notified legal text

French

Entry into force

1 July 2023

Other date

Adoption: 17 December 2021

Notification details

Submission date of notification

4 June 2025

Other information

Agency or authority responsible

Institut Fédéral de la Propriété Intellectuelle, IPI (Federal Institute of Intellectual Property)

Stauffacherstrasse 65/59g

CH–3003 Bern

Telephone:       +41 31 377 77 77

Email:      info@ipi.ch