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. 71 Application for assistance

1 If the pro­pri­et­or of the trade mark, the li­censee en­titled to in­sti­tute pro­ceed­ings, the per­son en­titled to use an in­dic­a­tion of source or a party en­titled to in­sti­tute pro­ceed­ings un­der Art­icle 56 has clear in­dic­a­tions of the im­min­ent trans­port of goods that un­law­fully bear a trade mark or an in­dic­a­tion of source in­to or out of the cus­toms ter­rit­ory of Switzer­land, he or she may re­quest the FO­CBS in writ­ing to re­fuse the re­lease of the goods.101

2 The ap­plic­ant must provide all the in­form­a­tion avail­able to him that is ne­ces­sary for the FO­CBS’s de­cision; this in­cludes a pre­cise de­scrip­tion of the goods.

3 The FO­CBS shall make the fi­nal de­cision on the ap­plic­a­tion. It may charge a fee to cov­er the ad­min­is­trat­ive costs.

101Amended 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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