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===Switzerland=== In 2007, [[Taiwan]] filed a lawsuit before a Swiss civil court against the [[International Organization for Standardization]], arguing that the ISO's use of the [[political status of Taiwan|United Nations name]] "[[Taiwan, China#The United Nations and the ISO|Taiwan, Province of China]]" rather than "Republic of China (Taiwan)" violated Taiwan's name rights.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.roc-taiwan.org/UK/ct.asp?xItem=41952&ctNode=932&mp=132&nowPage=6&pagesize=15| title=Taiwan sues ISO over incorrect reference| publisher=Taipei Representative Office in the UK| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718010636/http://www.roc-taiwan.org/UK/ct.asp?xItem=41952&ctNode=932&mp=132&nowPage=6&pagesize=15| archive-date=2011-07-18}}</ref> On 9 September 2010, a panel of the [[Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland]] decided, by three votes to two, to dismiss the suit as presenting a political question not subject to Swiss civil jurisdiction.<ref>{{cite news| last=Felber| first=René| title=Umweg über Zivilrichter unzulässig: Taiwans Kampf um seinen Namen| newspaper=[[Neue Zürcher Zeitung]]| date=10 September 2010| page=14| language=de}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.bger.ch/de/mm_5a_329_2009_d.pdf| title=Urteil vom 9. September 2010 (5A_329/2009)| publisher=Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland| language=de|trans-title=Decision of 9 September 2010 (5A_329/2009)| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727034710/http://www.bger.ch/de/mm_5a_329_2009_d.pdf| archive-date=27 July 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.bger.ch/fr/mm_5a_329_2009_d.pdf| title=Arrêt du 9 septembre 2010 (5A_329/2009)| publisher=Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland| language=fr|trans-title=Decision of 9 September 2010 (5A_329/2009)| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101202075817/http://www.bger.ch/fr/mm_5a_329_2009_d.pdf| archive-date=2 December 2010}}</ref>
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