Federal Act
on Private International Law
(PILA)

¹ The Swiss courts of the de­fend­ant’s dom­i­cile have jur­is­dic­tion to hear ac­tions per­tain­ing to the valid­ity or re­gis­tra­tion in Switzer­land of in­tel­lec­tu­al prop­erty rights. If a de­fend­ant does not have a dom­i­cile in Switzer­land, these ac­tions may be brought be­fore the Swiss courts at the place of busi­ness of the rep­res­ent­at­ive re­cor­ded in the re­gister or, in the ab­sence of such rep­res­ent­at­ive, be­fore the courts at the place where the au­thor­ity keep­ing the re­gister has its of­fice.

² Ac­tions per­tain­ing to the vi­ol­a­tion of in­tel­lec­tu­al prop­erty rights may be brought be­fore the Swiss courts at the de­fend­ant’s dom­i­cile or, in the ab­sence of a dom­i­cile, at the de­fend­ant’s ha­bitu­al res­id­ence. Moreover, the Swiss courts at the place where the act or the res­ult oc­curred and, in ac­tions per­tain­ing to the op­er­a­tion of an es­tab­lish­ment in Switzer­land, the courts at the place of that es­tab­lish­ment have jur­is­dic­tion.

^2bis Para­graph 2 ap­plies by ana­logy to ac­tions per­tain­ing to claims for re­mu­ner­a­tion provided for by law for the leg­al use of in­tel­lec­tu­al prop­erty.⁶⁷

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