patent law

• New Developments In Swiss Patent Law

Swiss patent law has recently been subject to significant changes. On 1 July 2009, the principle of regional exhaustion for patent-protected products ...

• Mondaq Business Briefing
• Switzerland Law Articles in English

• Armour evolves to match the changing threat: in an age where a guerrilla armed with a recoilless grenade launcher can despatch anything from a main battle tank to a truckload of infantry, William Shakespeare's words *Now thrive the armourers* have never been more true. Armour technologies are evolving to protect everything from the tank to the foot soldier.

.... In May 2011 the US Navy was awarded a patent for an armour system consisting of a strain-rate-s...

• Armada International
• Vol. 35 Num. 5, Octobre 2011

• Patent Litigation In Switzerland — At The Brink Of A New Era

I. Introduction Creativity is something everybody expects from a painter, a writer, or another professional in the liberal arts. It is not normally...

• Mondaq Business Briefing
• Switzerland Law Articles in English

• Messaggio relativo alla modifica della legge sui brevetti e al decreto federale concernente l'approvazione del Trattato sul diritto dei brevetti e del Regolamento di esecuzione

... il Trattato sul diritto dei brevetti (Patent Law Treaty, PLT) che la Svizzera ha firmato. Il Tr...

• Foglio Federale num. 1, 10 janvier 2006
• Seccion Unica

• Observations On the Intellectual Property Component of the European Commission's New Trade Policy

This paper describes and analyse the Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) elements in the recently announced EU new trade policy, which seeks to be more assertive in global trade. The policy's focus on IPR covers pushing for greater global harmonisation, the implementation of stronger standards in bilateral FTAs, and enhanced enforcement efforts in key developing countries. This policy is largely similar to the IPR emphasis in US global and bilateral trade policy, which has had a record of mixed success. Lessons are drawn from that record to illuminate the potential gains and problems that might arise in the new EU trade policy.

... that they do not constitute a problem for patent, copyright, and trademark holders. The greater pro...

• Aussenwirtschaft; Zeitschrift für internationale Wirtshaftsbeziehungen
• Vol. 61 Num. 4, Décembre 2006

• Arrêt de Ire Cour de Droit Civil, 7 décembre 1999

Regeste Erschöpfungsgrundsatz im Patentrecht. Parallelimporte patentrechtlich geschützter Produkte. Die Frage der Zulässigkeit von Parallelimporten im Patentrecht ist weder im nationalen noch im für die Schweiz geltenden internationalen Recht geregelt, weshalb von einer echten Lücke auszugehen ist (E. 1-3). Die traditionelle schweizerische Rechtsauffassung, die Rechtsvergleichung sowie eine Abwägung der betroffenen Interessen sprechen für den Grundsatz der nationalen Erschöpfung im Patentrecht, zumal die Unterschiede zwischen Marken- und Urheberrecht einerseits und Patentrecht anderseits eine einheitliche Behandlung der Erschöpfungsfrage nicht als zwingend erscheinen lassen (E. 4-8). Auf patentrechtliche Einfuhrmonopole kann das Kartellrecht Anwendung finden (E. 9). ******************...

• Swiss-Us Foreign Investments: The 'Bedrock' of Any Free Trade Agreement

Any Swiss-US free trade agreement should have an investment chapter because bilateral foreign investment is the bedrock of Swiss-US commercial relations. A closer look at investment policies and other issues relevant for investors reveals the value-added of an investment chapter. The mutual benefits of an investment chapter flow from high standards of investment protection, a standstill in discrimination at the sub-federal level, and zero tariffs on imports. Investment protection would be improved by access to the international investor-to-state dispute settlement system of ICSID. An appellate mechanism for this dispute settlement system would not be necessary. An investment chapter and investment-related disciplines with high standards would bring positive welfare effects for both econ...

... 70 years in length and the USA has its own patent law. Swiss patent law is based on the European pat...

• Aussenwirtschaft; Zeitschrift für internationale Wirtshaftsbeziehungen
• Vol. 61 Num. 2, Mars 2006

• Botschaft zur Änderung des Patentgesetzes und zum Bundesbeschluss über die Genehmigung des Patentrechtsvertrags und der Ausführungsordnung

• Bundesblatt num. 1, 10 janvier 2006
• Seccion Unica

• National Competition Law Report - Q4 2009

... to ensure that the revision of the patent law and the imminent introduction of the "Cassis d...

• Mondaq Business Briefing
• Switzerland Law Articles in English

• Indien, Brasilien Und Südafrika in Der Doha-Runde: Handelspolitische Interessen Und Entscheidungsstrukturen

India, Brazil and South Africa belong to the most intractable blocking actors in the Doha Round. In order to explain this posture, reference is frequently made to the lack of willingness to compromise on the part of the other central actors EU and USA. In addition, the three countries' interests in the construction of an alliance of the South are cited as motivation for blocking the negotiations. This paper, however, accepts that trade policy is a two-level game and shows that the configurations of national decision processes in India, Brazil and South Africa and the resulting influence of specific interest groups significantly contribute to consolidating the blockade position. Against this backdrop, the authors are sceptical about the prospects of a compromise solution to the Doha Round.

... massgeblich zu einem Kompromiss im Patentstreit über den Zugang zu Medikamenten (Umgehung des Pat...

• Aussenwirtschaft; Zeitschrift für internationale Wirtshaftsbeziehungen
• Vol. 63 Num. 1, Mars 2008