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

The IPI may by or­din­ance provide that the ap­plic­ant is charged fees for:

a.

the pro­cessing of an ap­plic­a­tion for the in­ter­na­tion­al re­gis­tra­tion of ap­pel­la­tions of ori­gin and geo­graph­ic­al in­dic­a­tions whose geo­graph­ic­al area of ori­gin lies on Swiss ter­rit­ory, or an ap­plic­a­tion for the amend­ment of the said re­gis­tra­tion (Art. 50d para. 1);

b.

the sub­stant­ive ex­am­in­a­tion of the in­ter­na­tion­al re­gis­tra­tion of an ap­pel­la­tion of ori­gin or geo­graph­ic­al in­dic­a­tion whose pro­tec­tion on Swiss ter­rit­ory is re­ques­ted (Art. 50e para. 2);

c.

the pro­cessing of a re­quest to deny the ef­fects of the in­ter­na­tion­al re­gis­tra­tion of an ap­pel­la­tion of ori­gin or geo­graph­ic­al in­dic­a­tion on Swiss ter­rit­ory (Art. 50e para. 3);

d.

the pro­cessing of a re­quest to grant a trans­ition­al peri­od (Art. 50e para. 4).