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Ordinance of December 23, 1992, on the Protection of Trademarks (status as of May 18, 1999), Switzerland

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Year of Version 1999 Dates Status as of: May 18, 1999 Entry into force: April 1, 1993 Issued: December 23, 1992 Type of Text Implementing Rules/Regulations   Subject Matter Trademarks, Geographical Indications, Trade Names Subject Matter (secondary) Enforcement of IP and Related Laws, IP Regulatory Body, Undisclosed Information (Trade Secrets) Notes The notification by Switzerland to the WTO under Article 63.2 of TRIPS states:
'The Ordinance concerns the national and international registration of marks, opposition procedures, register of marks, identification marks on watches, customs measures, etc.
Articles 36(3) and 37(4) provides the safeguarding of industrial or business secrets in application dossiers and in the register of marks.
Article 56, adopted on May 17, 1995 contains the amendments, which are in line with Articles 53 and 55 of the TRIPS Agreement.
The Preamble, Articles 1, 2, 7, 17(a), 18, 26, 33, 35, 41(a), 45, 46 and 47, adopted on October 25, 1995 contain the amendments following the assumption by the Federal Institute for Intellectual Property of tasks of the Federal Office for Intellectual Property on January 1, 1996.
Art. 6, 7(a), 8, 8(a), 9 to 11, 18, 21, 24, 25, 36, 39, 40, 40(a), 43 and 47 to 51 (adopted on 22 January 1997) relate to electronic communication; filing fee and additional fee (term of payment); opposition procedure, representation of parties, opposition costs and fees; contents of file, storage of documents in electronic format; electronic trademark register; publication medium; international registration, etc.
Art. 18(a) (adopted on 17 September 1997) relates to accelerated trademark examination procedure.
Art. 7(a)2, 43.2 and 43.3 (adopted on 31 March 1999) relates to electronic communication and publication.'

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Ordinance of December 23, 1992, on the Protection of Trademarks (status as of January 1, 1996)(CH076)
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Ordinance of December 23, 1992, on the Protection of Trademarks (status as of September 1, 2014) (CH331)
Ordinance of December 23, 1992, on the Protection of Trademarks (status as of July 1, 2011) (CH234)
Ordinance of December 23, 1992, on the Protection of Trademarks (status as of March 16, 2009) (CH159)
Ordinance of December 23, 1992, on the Protection of Trademarks (status as of July 1, 2006) (CH145)
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WIPO Lex No. CH090