Federal Act
on the Protection of Trade Marks and Indications of Source
(Trade Mark Protection Act, TmPA)

of 28 August 1992 (Status as of 1 January 2022)


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Art. 31 Opposition

1 The pro­pri­et­or of an earli­er trade mark may file an op­pos­i­tion to a re­gis­tra­tion on the basis of Art­icle 3 para­graph 1.

1bis He may not file an op­pos­i­tion to a re­gis­tra­tion of a geo­graph­ic­al mark.27

2 The op­pos­i­tion must be sub­mit­ted in writ­ing to the IPI with a state­ment of reas­ons with­in three months of pub­lic­a­tion of the re­gis­tra­tion. The op­pos­i­tion fee must also be paid with­in this time lim­it.

27In­ser­ted by No I of the FA of 21 June 2013, in force since 1 Jan. 2017 (AS 2015 3631; BBl 2009 8533).

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