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

¹ If the FO­CBS, as a res­ult of an ap­plic­a­tion un­der Art­icle 71 para­graph 1, has reas­on­able grounds to sus­pect that cer­tain goods in­ten­ded to be trans­por­ted in­to or out of the cus­toms ter­rit­ory of Switzer­land un­law­fully bear a trade mark or in­dic­a­tion of source, then it shall no­ti­fy the ap­plic­ant and the de­clar­ant, hold­er or own­er of the goods ac­cord­ingly.¹⁰³

² It shall with­hold the goods for a max­im­um of ten work­ing days from the time of no­ti­fic­a­tion pur­su­ant to para­graph 1, so that the ap­plic­ant may ob­tain pre­lim­in­ary meas­ures.

³ Where jus­ti­fied by cir­cum­stances, it may with­hold the goods for a max­im­um of ten ad­di­tion­al work­ing days.