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

¹ The in­ter­na­tion­al re­gis­tra­tion of ap­pel­la­tions of ori­gin and geo­graph­ic­al in­dic­a­tions is gov­erned by the Geneva Act of 20 May 2015⁶⁹ of the Lis­bon Agree­ment for the Pro­tec­tion of Ap­pel­la­tions of Ori­gin and Geo­graph­ic­al In­dic­a­tions (Geneva Act) and by the pro­vi­sions of this Chapter.

² The IPI is re­spons­ible for ad­min­is­ter­ing the Geneva Act for Switzer­land in the fol­low­ing areas:

a.

the in­ter­na­tion­al re­gis­tra­tion of ap­pel­la­tions of ori­gin and geo­graph­ic­al in­dic­a­tions whose geo­graph­ic­al area of ori­gin lies on Swiss ter­rit­ory (Art. 50d);

b.

the ef­fects of the in­ter­na­tion­al re­gis­tra­tion of ap­pel­la­tions of ori­gin and geo­graph­ic­al in­dic­a­tions whose pro­tec­tion on Swiss ter­rit­ory has been re­ques­ted (Art. 50e).