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

¹ Any per­son who wil­fully com­mits any of the fol­low­ing acts is li­able to a cus­todi­al sen­tence not ex­ceed­ing one year or a mon­et­ary pen­alty:

a.

uses an in­cor­rect in­dic­a­tion of source;

b.

uses a de­nom­in­a­tion that can be con­fused with an in­cor­rect in­dic­a­tion of source;

c.

cre­ates a risk of de­cep­tion by us­ing a name, a com­pany name, an ad­dress or a trade mark as­so­ci­ated with goods or ser­vices of a dif­fer­ent ori­gin.

² If the of­fend­er acts for com­mer­cial gain, the pen­alty is a cus­todi­al sen­tence not ex­ceed­ing five years or a mon­et­ary pen­alty. …⁹⁶

³ The IPI may file a com­plaint with the com­pet­ent pro­sec­u­tion au­thor­ity and ex­er­cise the rights of a private claimant in pro­ceed­ings.