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

¹ The ap­plic­ant may re­quest that the spe­ci­mens or samples are handed over or de­livered to them for ex­am­in­a­tion or that the items are in­spec­ted. In­stead of spe­ci­mens or samples, the FO­CBS may provide the ap­plic­ant with pho­to­graphs of the with­held goods if this en­ables the ap­plic­ant to as­sess the goods.

² The re­quest may be sub­mit­ted with the ap­plic­a­tion for as­sist­ance to the Dir­ect­or­ate Gen­er­al of Cus­toms or, while the goods are be­ing with­held, dir­ectly to the cus­toms of­fice that is with­hold­ing the goods.