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Art. 40 Electronic administrative communication 37
1 The Federal Council may authorise the IPI to regulate electronic communication in accordance with the general provisions on the administration of federal justice. 2 The dossier and the files may be maintained and stored in electronic form. 3 The Trade Mark Register may be maintained in electronic form. 4 The IPI may make its database accessible, particularly online, to third parties; it may demand remuneration for this service. 5 The IPI’s publications may be produced in electronic form; the electronic version, however, is only authoritative if the data is exclusively published in electronic form. 37Amended by Annex No 4 of the FA of 19 Dec. 2003 on Electronic Signatures, in force since 1 Jan. 2005 (AS 2004 5085, BBl 2001 5679). |