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of the Swiss Confederation

Section 4: Responsibility Mark
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Art. 591

Distinctiveness

1 The mark must differ from other responsibility marks already registered:

a.
in the combination of letters or digits;
b.
in the type or form of lettering;
c.
by adding, removing or modifying the surrounding shapes;
d.
in the graphical representation.

2 The difference must be detectable at a magnification of 2.5X.


1 Amended in accordance with No. I of the Ordinance of 17 Feb. 1993, in force since 1 April 1993 (AS 1993 984).

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