Of Sea Lions and SEAT Leons: Swiss Court Weighs in on Automobile TrademarksHow different do “animal trademarks” need to be to coexist in the Swiss market? A recent decision from the Swiss Federal…
The Swiss Federal Supreme Court decided that the customisation of branded items on behalf of the watch-owner does not violate trademark law
In its Judgement of 19 January 2024, the Swiss Federal…
With Judgment of 8 March 2023 (B-1974/2022), the Swiss Federal Administrative Court confirmed the rejection of an opposition by Apple against a trademark showing another stylized apple motif…
With Judgment of 30 August 2022 the Swiss Federal Court has fully granted Lindt & Sprüngli's injunction against Lidl and has prohibited Lidl from producing and distributing copies of the Lindt Gold…
With Judgment of 6 April 2022, the Federal Supreme Court upheld FIFA’s claim that the marks “PUMA WORLD CUP QATAR 2022” and “PUMA WORLD CUP 2022” were misleading, ordered these marks to be removed…
The Swiss Federal Supreme Court upheld FIFA’s claim and found that the figurative marks “PUMA WORLD CUP QATAR 2022” and “PUMA WORLD CUP 2022” were misleading. At the same time, it ruled on the…
The prince and his prince house – where he lived happily ever after
The Swiss Federal Administrative Court, as the appeal authority in opposition proceedings, supported the decision of the FIIP and…
The Swiss Federal Tribunal has ruled that the shape of the Nespresso capsules is technically necessary and that Nestlé's 3D trademark shall therefore be cancelled (decision 4A_61/2021 of 7 September…
The Swiss Federal Administrative Court (BVGer) had to decide the likelihood of confusion between CRUNCH, a trademark of the Société des produits Nestlé SA and TIFFANY CRUNCH N CREAM, a trademark of…
