NOTIFICATION OF LAWS AND REGULATIONS UNDER
ARTICLE 63.2 OF THE TRIPS AGREEMENT
SWITZERLAND: FEDERAL LAW
ON THE PROTECTION OF SWISS COATS OF ARMS
AND OTHER PUBLIC SIGNS
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Notifying Member
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Switzerland
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Details of the notified legal text
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Title
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Loi fédérale sur la protection des armoiries de la Suisse et des autres
signes publics (Federal
Law on the Protection of Swiss Coats of Arms and Other Public Signs)
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Subject matter
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Trademarks
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Nature of notification
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[X] Main dedicated
intellectual property law or regulation
[ ] Other law
or regulation
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Link to legal text[*]
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https://ip-documents.info/2025/IP/CHE/25_03724_00_f.pdf
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Notification status
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[ ] First
notification
[ ] Amendment
or revision to notified legal text
[X]_ Replacement or consolidation of notified legal text(s)
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Previous notification(s) referred to
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IP/N/1/CHE/T/9
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Brief description of the notified legal text
Article
28.2: amendment to the penalty if the offender acts for commercial gain.
(Article 28.2, second sentence repealed:
"In the case of a custodial sentence, a monetary penalty is also applied";
this sentence is repealed by provision I 9 of the Federal Law of 17 December 2021
on the harmonization of sentencing policy, with effect from 1 July 2023 (RO
2023 259; FF 2018 2889)).
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Language(s) of notified legal text
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French
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Entry into force
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1 July 2023
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Other date
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Adoption: 17 December 2021
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Notification details
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Submission date of notification
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4 June 2025
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Other information
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Agency or authority
responsible
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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
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the TRIPS Agreement in the form supplied by the Member concerned; the WTO
Secretariat does not endorse or revise their content.