(PILA)

1 For­eign de­cisions re­lat­ing to the in­fringe­ment of in­tel­lec­tu­al prop­erty rights are re­cog­nised in Switzer­land:

a.

if the de­cision was rendered in the state of the de­fend­ant’s dom­i­cile; or

b.

if the de­cision was rendered at the place where the act or the res­ult oc­curred and the de­fend­ant was not dom­i­ciled in Switzer­land.⁵⁶

2 For­eign de­cisions per­tain­ing to the ex­ist­ence, valid­ity or re­gis­tra­tion of in­tel­lec­tu­al prop­erty rights shall be re­cog­nised only if they were rendered in a state for the ter­rit­ory of which the pro­tec­tion of the in­tel­lec­tu­al prop­erty is sought or if such de­cisions are re­cog­nised there.