Trade marks in Switzerland still at a high
Bern, 4.3.2020 - Trade marks in Switzerland continue to be popular. More than 17,000 applications for trade marks were received by the Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property (IPI) in 2019, which is slightly more than the previous year. There are now more than 500,000 trade marks in force nationally. Applications for design rights, on the other hand, have remained stable, while the number of patent applications has increased significantly. More than 130,000 patents are currently in force in Switzerland. Demand for assisted patent searches – a service that makes it possible to find out whether an invention is patentable – is also positive.