Federal Act on the Federal Patent Court

¹The judges of the Court may not be mem­bers of the Fed­er­al As­sembly, the Fed­er­al Coun­cil or a fed­er­al court.

²They may not en­gage in any activ­ity that im­pairs their abil­ity to ful­fil the du­ties of their of­fice, their in­de­pend­ence, or is in­jur­i­ous to the repu­ta­tion of the Court.

³They may not serve in any of­fi­cial ca­pa­city on be­half of a for­eign state.

⁴Per­man­ent judges may not act as pro­fes­sion­al rep­res­ent­at­ives of third parties be­fore the Court.

⁵Per­man­ent judges on a full time basis may not hold of­fice in a can­ton or en­gage in any oth­er gain­ful activ­ity. They may not be a mem­ber of the man­age­ment board, board of dir­ect­ors, ad­vis­ory board or serve as an aud­it­or of a com­mer­cial en­ter­prise.