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

¹ If a design is duly filed first in an­oth­er Mem­ber State of the Par­is Con­ven­tion for the Pro­tec­tion of In­dus­tri­al Prop­erty of 20 March 1883⁹, or with ef­fect in such a Mem­ber State, the ap­plic­ant or suc­cessor in title may claim the date of first fil­ing for the fil­ing of the same design in Switzer­land, provided the fil­ing in Switzer­land takes place with­in six months of the date of first fil­ing.

² The first fil­ing in a state that grants re­cipro­city to Switzer­land has the same ef­fect as the first fil­ing in a Mem­ber State of the Par­is Con­ven­tion for the Pro­tec­tion of In­dus­tri­al Prop­erty.