Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights - Notification of laws and regulations under article 63.2 of the TRIPS Agreement - Switzerland : Federal Law on Copyright and Neighbouring Rights

NOTIFICATION OF LAWS AND REGULATIONS UNDER

ARTICLE 63.2 OF THE TRIPS AGREEMENT

SWITZERLAND: FEDERAL LAW ON COPYRIGHT AND NEIGHBOURING RIGHTS

Notifying Member

Switzerland

 

Details of the notified legal text

 

Title

Loi fédérale sur le droit d'auteur et les droits voisins (Federal Law on Copyright and Neighbouring Rights)

Subject matter

Copyright and related rights

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_03719_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/C/11

Brief description of the notified legal text

 

-        Article 67: amendment to the penalty for copyright infringement for commercial gain (in the case of a custodial sentence, no monetary penalty applies).

 

-        Article 69: amendment to the penalty for infringement of neighbouring rights for commercial gain (in the case of a custodial sentence, no monetary penalty applies).

 

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

 

 



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