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Ordinance of April 26, 1993, on the Protection of Topographies of Semi-Conductor Products(status as of July 1, 2008), Switzerland

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Year of Version 2008 Dates Entry into force: July 1, 1993 Adopted: April 26, 1993 Type of Text Implementing Rules/Regulations Subject Matter Layout Designs of Integrated Circuits, Undisclosed Information (Trade Secrets), Enforcement of IP and Related Laws, IP Regulatory Body Notes The notification by Switzerland to the WTO under Article 63.2 of TRIPS states:
'Registration of topographies, maintenance of topographies register, Customs measures.
Most recent amendments:
Articles 2a, 2b, 5 and 11: adopted on 3 December 2004, entered into effect on 1 January 2005(RO 2004 5037).
Provisions regarding:
- Signature of documents (Article 2a),
- electronic communication with the Federal Intellectual Property Institute (Articles 2b, 5.4, 11.3 and 11.4),
- certain fee arrangements (Article 12.1 to 12.3 and 12.5), and
- the Italian version of the text (Articles 14, 18.1 and 19).
Articles 12 and 14: adopted on 18 October 2006, entered into effect on 1 January 2007 (RO 2006 4477)
Amendments to and removal of entries in the register; copies of entries in the register.
Article 16: adopted on 1 November 2006, entered into effect on 1 May 2007 (RO 2007 1469)Adjustment pursuant to the amendment to the Customs Ordinance (RS 631.01): functions of the Customs Administration.
Articles 16 to 18, 18a to 18c and 19: adopted on 21 May 2008, entered into effect on 1 July 2008 (RO 2008 2543)
Adjustment pursuant to amendments to the Law on Topographies in the framework of the review of the Law on Patents (national measures aimed at combating piracy in the field of intellectual property, in particular intervention by the Customs Administration, see above).

Article 9: safeguarding of industrial and business secrets in topography application files and the topographies register.'


Available Texts Main text(s) Main text(s) French Ordonnance du 26 avril 1993 sur la protection des topographies de produits semi-conducteurs (état le 1er juillet 2008) PDF HTML Italian Ordinanza del 26 aprile 1993 sulla protezione delle topografie di prodotti a semiconduttori (stato 1° luglio 2008) PDF HTML
Related Legislation Supersedes (4 text(s)) Supersedes (4 text(s))
Ordinance of April 26, 1993, on the Protection of Topographies of Semi-Conductor Products (status as of December 21, 2004)(CH146)
Ordinance of April 26, 1993, on the Protection of Topographies of Semi-Conductor Products (status as of May 28, 2002)(CH096)
Ordinance of April 26, 1993, on the Protection of Topographies of Semiconductor Products (status as of January 1, 1996)(CH080)
Ordinance of April 26, 1993, on the Protection of Topographies of Semiconductor Products(CH015)
Is superseded by (2 text(s)) Is superseded by (2 text(s))
Ordinance of April 26, 1993, on the Protection of Topographies of Semi-Conductor Products (status as of January 1, 2017) (CH359)
Ordinance of April 26, 1993, on the Protection of Topographies of Semi-Conductor Products (status as of September 1, 2014) (CH327)

WTO Document Reference
IP/N/1/CHE/L/5

WIPO Lex No. CH173