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Art. 40 Electronic administrative communication
1The Federal Council may authorise the IPI to regulate electronic communication in accordance with the general provisions on the administration of federal justice. 2The dossier and the files may be maintained and stored in electronic form. 3The Trade Mark Register may be maintained in electronic form. 4The IPI may make its database accessible, particularly online, to third parties; it may demand remuneration for this service. 5The IPI's publications may be produced in electronic form; the electronic version, however, is only authoritative if the data is exclusively published in electronic form. 1 Amended by Annex No 4 of the FA of 19 Dec. 2003 on Electronic Signatures, in force since 1 Jan. 2005 (AS 2004 5085, BBl 2001 5679). |
