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

¹ The plaintiff may bring an ac­tion for the as­sign­ment of the trade mark in­stead of a de­clar­a­tion of nullity of the trade mark re­gis­tra­tion if the de­fend­ant has usurped the trade mark.

² This right shall lapse two years after pub­lic­a­tion of the re­gis­tra­tion or after with­draw­al of the pro­pri­et­or’s con­sent un­der Art­icle 4.

³ If the court or­ders the as­sign­ment, then li­cences or oth­er rights gran­ted to third parties in the in­ter­ven­ing peri­od lapse; however, if they have used the trade mark com­mer­cially in Switzer­land in good faith or have made spe­cial pre­par­a­tions for this pur­pose, these third parties are en­titled to be gran­ted a non-ex­clus­ive li­cence.⁷⁴

⁴ Any claims for dam­ages re­main re­served.⁷⁵