More than half a million trade marks in Switzerland
Bern, 14.2.2019 - Almost 17,000 trade marks were applied for at the Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property (IPI) in 2018. As a result, there are now more than 500,000 trade marks in force for the first time in Switzerland. Registering a trade mark protects companies from free-riders, although trade marks are not the only thing that companies and private individuals can apply to register. This is also possible for designs. Most of the designs registered in 2018 were for the categories of watches and clocks, and furnishing.