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Section 1 Repeal of Current Legislation
Art. 58
The following are repealed: a. the Ordinance of 24 April 1929 on the Protection of Factory and Trade Marks (TmPO); b. The Federal Council Decree of 4 November 1966 concerning the Implementation of the Madrid Agreement on the International Registration of Factory and Trade Marks.
let. a — [BS 2 856; AS 1951 905; 1959 2100; 1962 1060; 1968 601; 1972 2444; 1977 1989; 1983 1478 No III 2; 1986 526] let. b — [AS 1966 1413; 1973 1839; 1977 1992]
Section 2 Transitional Provisions
Art. 59 Time limits
Time limits set by the IPI that are running on the day this Ordinance comes into force shall remain unchanged.
Art. 60 Priority of use
1 For the filing of a trade mark in accordance with Article 78 paragraph 1 TmPA, the date on which use of the trade mark commenced shall be entered in the Trade Mark Register and published. 2 If it concerns an internationally registered trade mark, the relevant information must be provided to the IPI by the end of the month of publication of the international registration; the date on which the use of the trade mark commenced shall be entered in a special register and published.
Art. 60a Transitional Provision to the Amendment of 2 September 2015
Products manufactured before the commencement of the Amendment of 2 September 2015 may be placed on the market for the first time with an indication of source that complies with the law in force only until 31 December 2018.
Art. 60a — Inserted by No I of the O of 18 Oct. 2006 (AS 2006 4479). Amended by No I of the O of 2 Sept. 2015, in force since 1 Jan. 2017 (AS 2015 3649).
Art. 60b Transitional Provision to the Amendment of 18 August 2021
Until the organ of publication of the International Bureau of WIPO is operational, the IPI shall publish the international registrations of appellations of origin and geographical indications whose protection on Swiss territory has been requested in the Federal Gazette.
Art. 60b — Inserted by No I of the O of 18 Aug. 2021, in force since 1 Dec. 2021 (AS 2021 510).
Section 3 Commencement
Art. 61
This Ordinance comes into force on 1 April 1993.