https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Switzerland in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Switzerland made more European patent applications per capita in 2016 than any other country, confirming its long-held status as a world-leading innovator. https://www.thelocal.ch/20170307/swiss-are-european-patent-champions-once-again Tue, 07 Mar 2017 12:31:03 +0100 swiss-are-european-patent-champions-once-again Confirming itself as a country of innovation and invention, Switzerland made more European patent applications per capita than any other nation in 2015. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160304/switzerland-tops-invention-table-in-europe Fri, 04 Mar 2016 13:22:15 +0100 switzerland-tops-invention-table-in-europe Switzerland remained number one in the world for per capita patent filings with the European Patent Office last year. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150227/swiss-top-per-capita-patent-filings Sat, 28 Feb 2015 00:28:49 +0100 swiss-top-per-capita-patent-filings The mass expansion of internet domain names could cause havoc for the defence of trademarks in cyberspace, the UN's intellectual property body warned on Monday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20140317/web-domain-changes-could-hit-trademarks-wipo Mon, 17 Mar 2014 13:23:00 +0100 web-domain-changes-could-hit-trademarks-wipo Switzerland topped the list of European countries for patent filings in 2013 relative to its population, the European Patent Office (EPO) says. https://www.thelocal.ch/20140307/swiss-top-european-list-of-2013-patent-filings Fri, 07 Mar 2014 11:47:00 +0100 swiss-top-european-list-of-2013-patent-filings