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

¹ This Chapter ap­plies to in­ter­na­tion­al re­gis­tra­tions un­der the Mad­rid Agree­ment Con­cern­ing the In­ter­na­tion­al Re­gis­tra­tion of Marks of 14 Ju­ly 1967⁴⁶ (the Mad­rid Agree­ment) and the Pro­tocol of 27 June 1989⁴⁷ re­lat­ing to the Mad­rid Agree­ment con­cern­ing the In­ter­na­tion­al Re­gis­tra­tion of Marks (the Mad­rid Pro­tocol) that are done through the in­ter­me­di­ary of the IPI or which have ef­fect in Switzer­land.

² The oth­er pro­vi­sions of this Act ap­ply ex­cept where the Mad­rid Agree­ment, the Mad­rid Pro­tocol or this Chapter provide oth­er­wise.