{"id":93490,"date":"2021-03-31T15:29:31","date_gmt":"2021-03-31T15:29:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/ce-una-svizzera-doc-allorganizzazione-europea-dei-brevetti\/"},"modified":"2021-05-25T17:29:42","modified_gmt":"2021-05-25T17:29:42","slug":"there-is-a-swiss-doc-at-the-european-patent-organisation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/en\/there-is-a-swiss-doc-at-the-european-patent-organisation\/","title":{"rendered":"There is a Swiss DOC at the European Patent Organisation"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>There is a Swiss DOC at the European Patent Organisation<\/h1>\n<h3><em>Catherine Chammartin, now Director of the Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property, was elected to the EPO Executive Board in Munich<\/em><\/h3>\n<p>At its meeting on March 23, the Board of Directors of the European Patent Organization (EPO) unanimously elected Catherine Chammartin as a member of its Executive Board.<br \/>\nIn her new role on this eight-member body, the director of the Federal Institute of Intellectual Property (IPI) will prepare the affairs of the Board for a period of three years.<br \/>\nThe Board oversees the activities of the European Patent Office. The EPO, which is headquartered in Munich, has 38 members, including all European Union states, Switzerland and the Principality of Liechtenstein.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/en\/switzerland-liechtenstein-pact-scientific-innovation\/\"><strong>Switzerland-Liechtenstein pact on scientific innovation<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/en\/bern-zuerich-aargau-focus-fiscal-innovation\/\"><strong>Berne, Zurich and Aargau focus on innovation&#8230; fiscal innovation<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/en\/how-the-swiss-export-industry-focuses-on-innovation\/\"><strong>How the Swiss export industry is focusing on innovation<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_91968\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-91968\" style=\"width: 840px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-91968 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/La-sede-dellOrganizzazione-Europea-dei-Brevetti-a-Monaco-di-Baviera-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"La sede dell'Organizzazione Europea dei Brevetti a Monaco di Baviera\" width=\"840\" height=\"560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/La-sede-dellOrganizzazione-Europea-dei-Brevetti-a-Monaco-di-Baviera-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/La-sede-dellOrganizzazione-Europea-dei-Brevetti-a-Monaco-di-Baviera-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/La-sede-dellOrganizzazione-Europea-dei-Brevetti-a-Monaco-di-Baviera-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/La-sede-dellOrganizzazione-Europea-dei-Brevetti-a-Monaco-di-Baviera-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/La-sede-dellOrganizzazione-Europea-dei-Brevetti-a-Monaco-di-Baviera.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-91968\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The headquarters of the European Patent Organisation in Munich<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_91964\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-91964\" style=\"width: 840px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-91964 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/La-sede-dellOrganizzazione-Europea-dei-Brevetti-a-Monaco-di-Baviera-2-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"La sede dell'Organizzazione Europea dei Brevetti a Monaco di Baviera\" width=\"840\" height=\"560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/La-sede-dellOrganizzazione-Europea-dei-Brevetti-a-Monaco-di-Baviera-2-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/La-sede-dellOrganizzazione-Europea-dei-Brevetti-a-Monaco-di-Baviera-2-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/La-sede-dellOrganizzazione-Europea-dei-Brevetti-a-Monaco-di-Baviera-2-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/La-sede-dellOrganizzazione-Europea-dei-Brevetti-a-Monaco-di-Baviera-2-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/La-sede-dellOrganizzazione-Europea-dei-Brevetti-a-Monaco-di-Baviera-2.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-91964\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The headquarters of the European Patent Organisation in Munich<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>The IPI is a federal centre of excellence<\/h3>\n<p>The IPI is the competence center of the Swiss Confederation for all questions concerning patent, trademark and design protection, indications of source and copyright.<br \/>\nIndividuals and companies turn to the IPI to protect their innovations and creations from misuse. In addition, the IPI informs the public about protection systems.<br \/>\nThe IPI fulfils a political mandate in the field of intellectual property by preparing legislation, advising the federal authorities and representing Switzerland&#8217;s interests in international organisations and in dealings with other countries.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_91960\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-91960\" style=\"width: 1070px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-91961 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Francobollo-tedesco-del-1981-celebrativo-dellOrganizzazione-Europea-dei-Brevetti.jpg\" alt=\"Francobollo tedesco del 1981 celebrativo dell'Organizzazione Europea dei Brevetti\" width=\"1070\" height=\"670\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Francobollo-tedesco-del-1981-celebrativo-dellOrganizzazione-Europea-dei-Brevetti.jpg 1070w, https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Francobollo-tedesco-del-1981-celebrativo-dellOrganizzazione-Europea-dei-Brevetti-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Francobollo-tedesco-del-1981-celebrativo-dellOrganizzazione-Europea-dei-Brevetti-1024x641.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Francobollo-tedesco-del-1981-celebrativo-dellOrganizzazione-Europea-dei-Brevetti-768x481.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1070px) 100vw, 1070px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-91960\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">1981 German postage stamp celebrating the European Patent Organization<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Catherine Chammartin, now Director of the Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property, was elected to the EPO Executive Board in Munich<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":91955,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[256,271,210,305,257],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-93490","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economy","category-europe","category-magazine","category-politics","category-switzerland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93490","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93490"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93490\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":93492,"href":"https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93490\/revisions\/93492"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/91955"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}