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. 41

1 If the ap­plic­ant or the rights hold­er fails to ob­serve a time lim­it re­quired by the IPI, he may file a re­quest with the lat­ter for fur­ther pro­cessing. Art­icle 24 para­graph 1 of the Fed­er­al Act of 20 Decem­ber 196838 on Ad­min­is­trat­ive Pro­ced­ure re­mains re­served.39

2 The re­quest must be filed with­in two months of the ap­plic­ant re­ceiv­ing no­tice of the ex­piry of the time lim­it, and at the latest with­in six months of ex­piry of the said time lim­it; with­in this time lim­it, the omit­ted act must be car­ried out in full and the fees as set out in the Or­din­ance paid.40

3 If the re­quest is ap­proved, this will have the ef­fect of restor­ing the situ­ation that would have res­ul­ted from car­ry­ing out the act with­in the time lim­it.

4 Fur­ther pro­cessing is ruled out in the case of fail­ure to ob­serve:

a.
time lim­its for fil­ing a re­quest for fur­ther pro­cessing (para. 2);
b.
time lim­its for claim­ing pri­or­ity un­der Art­icles 7 and 8;
c.
the time lim­it for fil­ing op­pos­i­tion un­der Art­icle 31 para­graph 2;
d.41
the time lim­it for fil­ing an ap­plic­a­tion for re­new­al un­der Art­icle 10 para­graph 3;
e.42
the time lim­its in can­cel­la­tion pro­ceed­ings un­der Art­icles 35a–35c.

38 SR 172.021

39 Amended by An­nex No 3 of the FA of 22 June 2007, in force since 1 Ju­ly 2008 (AS 2008 2551; BBl 2006 1).

40Amended by An­nex No 2 of the FA of 24 March 1995 on the Status and Tasks of the Swiss Fed­er­al In­sti­tute of In­tel­lec­tu­al Prop­erty, in force since 1 Jan. 1996 (AS 1995 5050; BBl 1994 III 964).

41In­ser­ted by An­nex No 3 of the FA of 22 June 2007, in force since 1 Ju­ly 2008 (AS 2008 2551; BBl 2006 I).

42In­ser­ted 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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