In principle, each legal system is always national. Swiss law accordingly provides copyright protection and neighbouring rights only in Switzerland. International agreements have, however, been concluded in order to ensure international protection. These agreements in particular provide that, in accordance with the principle of national treatment, Swiss authors enjoy the same protection in a foreign country as an author from that country. If you wish to know whether, as a Swiss national, you also have protection in a particular country, you must find out whether this country and Switzerland are both signatories to the same agreement.
Intellectual property sets a threshold for protection.
The reason for this is that the legislator wanted to ensure that ideas could be disseminated and exchanged. It thus often happens that none of these categories of protection is applicable to a concept per se. However, it is often sufficient to approach the problem from another angle and to think beyond these categories. It will then be seen that, even if the concept itself cannot be monopolised, it is possible to assert protection rights for objects which are considered accessories or additions to the concept itself. Trademark registration may be used to provide commercial protection for the goods or services arising from a concept, since a trademark creates a connection in the public's mind between the goods or services offered and a certain level of quality.