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Technical advice to the European Commission on the equivalence of supervisory arrangements in Switzerland and the United States with regard to bankinginvestment groups and financial conglomerates

  • Norton Rose LLP
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  • European Union, Switzerland, USA
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  • March 3 2008

The Committee of European Banking Supervisors (CEBS) and the Committee of European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Supervisors (CEIOPS) have published a joint response of CEBS and the Interim Working Committee on financial conglomerates

Federal Supreme Court hands down important decision regarding the extension of arbitration agreements to non-signatories

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • Switzerland
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  • February 20 2009

The Swiss Federal Supreme Court has rendered a notable judgment confirming that, as a matter of Swiss law, the threshold for extending an arbitration agreement to a non-signatory is high

Supreme Court annuls ICC interlocutory award and allows the joinder to an arbitration of parties who were not signatory to the arbitration agreement

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • Switzerland
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  • June 3 2009

In a decision which has been welcomed by many practitioners, the Swiss Federal Supreme Court has allowed a plea by the respondent to an ICC arbitration for the joinder of three additional parties, non-signatory to the relevant arbitration clause

IRS announces settlement agreement between Switzerland and the U.S. (IR-2009-75)

  • Alston & Bird LLP
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  • Switzerland, USA
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  • September 16 2009

On August 19, 2009, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Justice Department announced that they had reached an agreement with UBS AG (UBS) regarding the IRS John Doe summons to obtain approximately 4,450 names of U.S. taxpayers with accounts in UBS

Swiss-US Safe Harbor Framework signed

  • Hunton & Williams LLP
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  • Switzerland, USA
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  • February 6 2009

On December 9, 2008, an exchange of letters was signed by the Swiss Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (FDPIC) on the creation of a “Swiss-US Safe Harbor Framework”, which is comparable to the “EU-US Safe Harbor Framework”

Court assesses use of opinion poll in OKTOBERFEST-BIER case

  • Lenz & Staehelin
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  • Switzerland
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  • March 21 2012

The Swiss Federal Administrative Court recently ruled on an appeal by the Munich Breweries Association against a decision of the Federal Institute of Intellectual Property refusing to grant trademark protection for the term "OKTOBERFEST-BIER" with respect to beer in Class 32

International regulatory update

  • Clifford Chance LLP
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  • Australia, European Union, Germany, Netherlands, Singapore, Switzerland, United Kingdom, USA
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  • April 4 2011

The Ministry of Justice has published its final guidance under section 9 of the Bribery Act 2010 about procedures that relevant commercial organisations can put in place to prevent persons associated with them from bribing

Indirect (contributory) patent infringement: requirements for the precautionary taking of evidence

  • Lenz & Staehelin
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  • Switzerland
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  • April 18 2012

On 1st January 2011 the new Swiss Code of Civil Procedure entered into force

Names of official institutions as trademarks: POST and SWISS ARMY

  • Lenz & Staehelin
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  • Switzerland
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  • February 4 2009

It is not unusual for government entities to commercialise products and provide specific services, or allow licensees to do so, while using the entities’ names as brands

New nanoparticle vaccine is more effective but less expensive

  • Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP
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  • Switzerland
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  • October 4 2007

Researchers in Switzerland have developed a nanoparticle vaccine that is more effective and cheaper with fewer side effects