Newsletter no. 7/2020 “Legal Information”

Dear Madam, Dear Sir,

We have the pleasure of sending you herewith no. 7/2020 of our Newsletter “Legal Information”. We hope you will enjoy reading it.

01   Better international protection for Swiss geographical indications

02   Training

01   Better international protection for Swiss geographical indications

Swiss producers should in future be able to register geographical indications in several states simultaneously via a simple procedure. The Federal Council adopted the dispatch on the approval and implementation (amendment of trade mark law) of the Geneva Act of the Lisbon Agreement on Appellations of Origin and Geographical Indications for submission to Parliament at its meeting on 5 June 2020.

Further information can be found in the Federal Council's media release.

02   Training

Our courses.

Yours sincerely,

Federal Institute of Intellectual Property
Felix Addor
Deputy Director General