Question juridique clé
Whether the slogan "EIN STÜCK SCHWEIZ" is excluded from trademark protection as common property for cheese.
Solution extraite
The slogan is perceived as a laudatory quality reference to a typical, traditional Swiss product and therefore falls within common property under Art. 2 lit. a MSchG.
Motifs extraits
The sign immediately conveys an advertising message about Swissness and quality without special imagination; it is not made distinctive by an unusual linguistic construction and remains free for general use.