Swiss Civil Code

¹ If a per­son has pro­cessed or re­worked an ob­ject that does not be­long to him, the newly cre­ated ob­ject be­comes the prop­erty of that per­son if the work is more valu­able than the ma­ter­i­al, fail­ing which it be­longs to the ori­gin­al own­er.

² Where the per­son do­ing such work did not act in good faith, the court may award the newly cre­ated ob­ject to the ori­gin­al own­er even if his or her work is more valu­able than the ma­ter­i­al.

³ Claims for dam­ages and un­just en­rich­ment are re­served.