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

¹ On com­plaint of the in­jured party, any per­son who com­mits any of the fol­low­ing acts is li­able to a cus­todi­al sen­tence not ex­ceed­ing one year or a mon­et­ary pen­alty:⁸⁸

a.

un­law­fully la­bels goods or ser­vices with the trade mark of an­oth­er per­son in or­der to mis­lead and thereby give the im­pres­sion that the goods or ser­vices are ori­gin­al goods or ser­vices;

b.

of­fers or places goods or ser­vices on the mar­ket as ori­gin­al goods or ser­vices, or of­fers or provides ori­gin­al ser­vices that un­law­fully bear the trade mark of an­oth­er;

² If the of­fend­er acts for com­mer­cial gain, he shall be pro­sec­uted ex of­fi­cio. The pen­alty is a cus­todi­al sen­tence not ex­ceed­ing five years or a mon­et­ary pen­alty.
…^{89 90}

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