National Phase of PCT: 30 months under both Chapters I and II.
Validity: patent issued after a formal examination - valid for 20 years.
Annuities: to be paid four years after the filing of the patent.
Opposition: possible within nine months as of the publication of the date of grant in the Patent Register.
Kinds of protection: verbal, pictorial, three-dimensional and other designations or their combination. Service and collective marks are registrable.
Classification: International.
Obligation to use the registered mark: compulsory. Non-use during any five-year period after the publication date may lead to cancellation.
Duration – renewals: 10-year period after the filing date or last renewal date.
Opposition: possible within a period of 3 months from the date of publication.
Duration – renewals: after formal examination: 5 years from the filing date; Extension: four additional 5-year periods.
Opposition: not provided for.
Duration – renewals: one year, renewable.
Uniform dispute resolution procedure: available (variation of UDRP) before WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center. The procedure before WIPO is preceded by a conciliation phase.
Area: 41,291 sq. km.
Population: 8,482,152 (estimated 2017).
Capital: Bern.
Language: German, French, Italian and Romansch.
Currency: Swiss Franc.
The Swiss Confederation comprises 26 republics (cantons) with partial independence each having its own Parliament, Government and Courts.
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