Federal Act on the Protection of Designs
(Designs Act, DesA)

Any per­son who des­ig­nates Switzer­land in an in­ter­na­tion­al fil­ing of an in­dus­tri­al design will thereby ob­tain the pro­tec­tion of this Act as if the fil­ing had taken place in Switzer­land. Where the pro­vi­sions of the Hag­ue Agree­ment of 6 Novem­ber 1925¹² Con­cern­ing the In­ter­na­tion­al De­pos­it of In­dus­tri­al Designs are more fa­vour­able than the pro­vi­sions of this Act for the pro­pri­et­or of the in­ter­na­tion­al fil­ing, the pro­vi­sions of the Agree­ment will take pre­ced­ence.