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

¹ Any per­son may file a trade mark ap­plic­a­tion.

² When fil­ing an ap­plic­a­tion with the IPI, the fol­low­ing must be sub­mit­ted:

a.

an ap­plic­a­tion for re­gis­tra­tion with de­tails of the name or com­pany name of the ap­plic­ant;

b.

a rep­res­ent­a­tion of the trade mark;

c.

a list of goods or ser­vices for which the trade mark is to be claimed.

³ When fil­ing an ap­plic­a­tion, the rel­ev­ant fees pre­scribed in the Or­din­ance must be paid.²⁴

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