# Procedure de depot

Use this reference for Swiss filing procedure before the IPI.

## Filing Preparation

Collect the applicant identity, sign representation, sign type, goods/services list by Nice class, priority claim if any, and any color or figurative description needed for publication.

If the applicant has no domicile or registered office in Switzerland, flag the need for a representative domiciled in Switzerland and verify the current procedural rule before filing.

Use `filing_intake_check` for full filing preparation. The output should separate missing filing facts, warnings, and optional strategy questions.

## IPI Examination

The IPI checks formal requirements and absolute grounds. It does not examine relative grounds against earlier marks. Earlier-right conflicts can surface through opposition after publication or later civil proceedings.

## Costs and Timing

Always ask the user to verify current official fees and timelines on the IPI source at filing time. Treat any stored fee information as indicative only.

Use `filing_requirements_snapshot` for the stored fee/timing snapshot and official links. Include the snapshot date and do not present stored fees as a guarantee.

The bundled fee snapshot is CHF 450 for filing, a CHF 100 electronic discount, CHF 100 per class from the fourth class, and CHF 400 for expedited examination, based on the IPI schedule marked “Status per 1 July 2024”. Always verify that schedule at filing time.

## Filing Output

Deliver:

- sign and filing type;
- recommended classes;
- final labels class by class;
- absolute-ground risk;
- anteriority-search plan;
- official-language status for the goods/services list;
- source/corpus date reminder;
- fee/timing snapshot and official links;
- post-filing watch items: publication, opposition window, and use requirement;
- next steps for e-trademark filing.

## Legal Disclaimer

Use a concise disclaimer in final answers: `Analyse preparatoire sur la base des corpus disponibles; a verifier au moment du depot et, en cas d'enjeu commercial significatif, avec un conseil specialise.`

## Official Sources

- [IPI — National applications](https://www.ige.ch/en/protecting-your-ip/trade-marks/national-applications): filing flow, examination, and publication.
- [IPI — Filing an opposition](https://www.ige.ch/en/protecting-your-ip/trade-marks/after-registration/monitor-and-defend-your-trade-mark/filing-an-opposition): three-month opposition deadline from publication.
- [IPI — Costs and fees](https://www.ige.ch/en/protecting-your-ip/trade-marks/national-applications/costs-and-fees): current official fee schedule.
- [IPI — List of goods and services](https://www.ige.ch/en/protecting-your-ip/trade-marks/before-you-apply/your-ip-protection-strategy/list-of-goods-and-services): language, precision, and scope rules.
- [IPI — Use your trade mark](https://www.ige.ch/en/protecting-your-ip/trade-marks/after-registration/use-your-trade-mark): five-year non-use exposure.