Federal Act
on the Protection of the Swiss Coat of Arms and Other Public Signs
(Coat of Arms Protection Act, CAPA)

English is not an official language of the Swiss Confederation. This translation is provided for information purposes only and has no legal force.

of 21 June 2013 (Status as of 1 January 2022)


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Art. 22 Right to bring action by a public body and the IPI

1 A pub­lic body en­titled to use a pub­lic sign may bring an ac­tion un­der Art­icle 20 para­graph 1 against any un­law­ful use of its pro­tec­ted signs un­der Art­icles 1–7 and Art­icle 15.

2 The IPI may bring an ac­tion con­cern­ing the pro­tec­tion of signs un­der Art­icles 1–4 and Art­icle 7, or of of­fi­cial des­ig­na­tions un­der Art­icle 6, in­so­far as their use im­plies a ref­er­ence to a na­tion­al au­thor­ity or an of­fi­cial or semi-of­fi­cial activ­ity.

3 The can­tons shall de­term­ine who may bring an ac­tion con­cern­ing the pro­tec­tion of signs un­der Art­icle 5 or of des­ig­na­tions un­der Art­icle 6 in­so­far as their use im­plies a can­ton­al or com­mun­al au­thor­ity or an of­fi­cial or semi-of­fi­cial activ­ity.

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