The Swiss Federal Patent Court (German: ''Bundespatentgericht'', French: ''Tribunal fédéral des brevets'') is a
Swiss federal court
The federal judiciary of Switzerland consists of the Federal Supreme Court, in Lausanne, the Federal Criminal Court in Bellinzona, the Federal Patent Court, in St. Gallen and the Federal Administrative Court, in St. Gallen. These courts are ...
competent for particular legal matters, such as
patent
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cases. It has its
seat
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Types of seat
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in
Sankt Gallen, Switzerland.
In Switzerland, the court has
exclusive jurisdiction
Exclusive jurisdiction exists in civil procedure if one court has the power to adjudicate a case to the exclusion of all other courts. The opposite situation is concurrent jurisdiction (or non-exclusive jurisdiction) in which more than one court ...
with regard to the Swiss/Liechtenstein
unitary patents
The European patent with unitary effect, also known as the unitary patent, is a European patent which will benefit from unitary effect in the participating member states of the European Union. Unitary effect may be requested by the proprietor ...
, whether these unitary patents are European patents or "national" patents, in questions of validity and infringement disputes, preliminary measures and enforcement of decisions made under its exclusive jurisdiction.
Appeal is possible (with regard to legal issues) to the
Federal Supreme Court.
The court started its work in 2012, taking over jurisdiction from 26 individual cantonal courts and consists of panels of both legally and technically qualified judges.
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See also
* Federal Patent Court of Germany
The Federal Patent Court (german: Bundespatentgericht, abbreviation: ''BPatG'') is a German federal court competent for particular legal matters, such as patent and trademark cases. It has its seat in Munich, Germany, and was established on July 1 ...
* Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property
The Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property (French: ''Institut fédéral de la propriété intellectuelle'', IPI; German: ''Eidgenössisches Institut für Geistiges Eigentum'', IGE; Italian: ''Istituto federale della proprietà intellet ...
* Copyright law of Switzerland The copyright law of Switzerland is based on the concept of "author's rights" (''Urheberrecht'' in German, ''droit d'auteur'' in French, ''diritto d'autore'' in Italian), which is similar to the French copyright law, instead of the concept of copyri ...
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Patent
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Swiss patent law
Buildings and structures in St. Gallen (city)
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