Key legal question
Whether the fax-filed appeal was admissible despite the lack of a handwritten signature and postal filing
Extracted holding
The appeal was inadmissible because appeals to the Federal Supreme Court must be filed in the prescribed forms, which the fax submission did not satisfy, and the defect was not cured.
Extracted reasoning
The court held that appeals must be handed over to the court or Swiss Post, or filed electronically with a recognized electronic signature. Since the appellant did not submit a signed paper version within the deadline after being ordered to do so, the fax filing could not be considered valid.