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Federal Act of March 20, 2009, on Patent Attorneys (status as of January 1, 2013), Switzerland

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Year of Version 2013 Dates Status as of: January 1, 2013 Entry into force: July 1, 2011 Adopted: March 20, 2009 Type of Text Main IP Laws Subject Matter IP Regulatory Body Notes This consolidated version of the Federal Act of March 20, 2009, on Patent Attorneys takes into account amendments introduced by the "Ordinance of June 15, 2012, on the Adaptation of Laws Following the Reorganization of Departments", which entered into force on January 1, 2013. Paragraph I of the said Ordinance of June 15, 2012 introduced amendments to Article 8, paragraph 3 of this consolidated version of the Federal Act on Patent Attorneys, where the wordings "Federal Office for Professional Education and Technology" is replaced by "State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation". Article 18 under Section 6 of this consolidated version of the Federal Act of March 20, 2009, on Patent Attorneys provides for the amendments to certain laws that are specified in its Annex (which is not reproduced in this version and is shown only in the primary version of the said Federal Act). The Annex contains the amendments to the provisions of the following laws: - Article 42 of the Federal Act of August 28, 1992, on the Protection of Trademarks; - Article 18 of the Federal Act of October 5, 2001 on the Protection of Designs; - Article 13 (paragraph 1, introductory sentence), title preceding Article 48a, Article 48b, Article 120 and Article 142 (second sentence) of the Federal Act of June 25, 1954, on Patents; - Article 321 (first sentence of point 1) of the Criminal Code; and - Article 171, paragraph 1 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of October 5, 2007.

Available Texts Main text(s) Main text(s) French Loi fédérale du 20 mars 2009 sur les conseils en brevets (état le 1er janvier 2013) PDF Italian Legge federale del 20 marzo 2009 sui consulenti in brevetti (stato 1° gennaio 2013) PDF HTML English Federal Act of March 20, 2009, on Patent Attorneys (status as of January 1, 2013) PDF German Bundesgesetz vom 20. März 2009 über die Patentanwältinnen und Patentanwälte (stand am 1. Januar 2013) PDF HTML
Legislation Amends (5 text(s)) Amends (5 text(s))
Federal Act of August 28, 1992, on the Protection of Trademarks and Indications of Source (status as of January 1, 2022) (CH574)
Federal Act of October 5, 2001, on the Protection of Designs (status as of January 1, 2022) (CH565)
Swiss Criminal Code of December 21, 1937, (status as of March 3, 2020) (CH513)
Swiss Criminal Procedure Code of October 5, 2007 (status as of February 1, 2020) (CH512)
Federal Act of June 25, 1954, on Patents for Inventions (status as of April 1, 2019) (CH468)
 Supersedes (2 text(s)) Supersedes (2 text(s))
Federal Act of March 20, 2009, on Patent Attorneys(CH407)
Federal Act of March 20, 2009, on Patent Attorneys (status as of July 1, 2011)(CH408)
 Is amended by (1 text(s)) Is amended by (1 text(s))
Ordinance of June 15, 2012, on the Adaptation of Laws Following the Reorganization of Departments (CH444)
Is implemented by (3 text(s)) Is implemented by (3 text(s))
Regulation of April 28, 1997, on the Fees Charged by the Federal Institute for Intellectual Property (status as of July 1, 2016) (CH321)
Ordinance of May 11, 2011, on Patent Attorneys (status as of January 1, 2013) (CH322)
Regulation of November 23, 2010, on the Fees of the Examination Chamber of Patent Attorneys (status as of July 1, 2011) (CH323)
Treaties
WTO Document Reference
IP/N/1/CHE/P/15
IP/N/1/CHE/P/5
WIPO Lex No. CH294