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Federal Law of December 16, 1943, on the Organization of the Judicial System (extract) (status as of August 28, 1992), Switzerland

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Year of Version 1992 Dates Entry into force: January 1, 1945 Adopted: December 16, 1943 Type of Text IP-related Laws Subject Matter Patents (Inventions), Enforcement of IP and Related Laws Notes The notification by Switzerland to the WTO under Article 63.2 of TRIPS states:
'Art. 45a: Petition for review before the Federal Court in respect of civil law proceedings relating to intellectual property.'
'Art. 58: Even when civil proceedings have been brought before the Federal Court for review, the Cantonal authorities alone are competent to order the execution of the provisional measures.'
'Art. 67: Particular characteristics of proceedings relating to patents.
Petitions for revocation under Art. 68 ff are subsidiary.'
'Art. 83: Appeals under public law against a Cantonal decision or order for alleged infringement of citizens' constitutional rights, legal settlements, international treaties, stipulations of Federal law regarding the jurisdiction of the respective authorities (exceptional proceedings), etc.'
'Art. 97 ff: Appeals under administrative law before the Federal Court
against decisions by the administrative authorities'.
'Art. 136 and 145: Revision and interpretation of judgements by the Federal Court of Appeal.'
'N.B.: The Federal Law on the Organization of the Judicial System has been revised in relation to coordination of the jurisdiction of the administrative, judicial and legislative bodies. All of these amendments have been incorporated in the consolidated version of the Law submitted to the [WTO] Secretariat.'


Available Texts Main text(s) Main text(s) French Loi fédérale du 16 décembre 1943 d'organisation judiciaire (extrait) (état le 28 août 1992) PDF HTML
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