Ordinance
on the Protection of Trade Marks and
Indications of Source¹
(TmPO)

¹ The ap­plic­a­tion for the in­ter­na­tion­al re­gis­tra­tion or the amend­ment of the in­ter­na­tion­al re­gis­tra­tion of an ap­pel­la­tion of ori­gin or a geo­graph­ic­al in­dic­a­tion whose geo­graph­ic­al area of ori­gin lies on Swiss ter­rit­ory must be filed with the IPI.

² Either a form from the In­ter­na­tion­al Bur­eau of WIPO or a form ap­proved by the IPI must be used to file the ap­plic­a­tion.

³ The ap­plic­a­tion must be filed in French.

⁴ The IPI shall main­tain a dossier for each ap­plic­a­tion.