Federal Act
on Patents for Inventions
(Patents Act, PatA)¹

¹ Pub­lished European pat­ent ap­plic­a­tions do not con­fer on the ap­plic­ant the pro­tec­tion con­ferred by Art­icle 64 of the European Pat­ent Con­ven­tion.

² However, the in­jured party may, in an ac­tion for dam­ages, claim the loss or dam­age caused by the de­fend­ant from the mo­ment at which the lat­ter be­came aware of the con­tent of the European pat­ent ap­plic­a­tion, but at the latest from the date of pub­lic­a­tion of the ap­plic­a­tion by the European Pat­ent Of­fice.