Intellectual Property and Competition Law
We understand the importance of innovation, intellectual property and fair competition and offer tailor-made solutions to protect and defend your rights and interests. Our IP specialists act both in an advisory and litigation capacity and represent the rights of individuals as well as small, medium-sized and market-leading companies in all matters of intellectual property and competition law.
Our experienced team of patent attorneys and attorneys-at-law has in-depth expertise in the fields of patent law, trademark law, design law, copyright law, competition and antitrust law as well as in the field of data protection law.
IP strategy, management and litigation
We offer you a comprehensive range of services, from the development of IP strategies, the preparation and analysis of IP searches (prior art, similarity and identity searches), advice on filing, managing and monitoring your registration rights to the enforcement and defence of your IP rights before national and international authorities as well as litigation in the context of national and international IP disputes before courts.
Our core competences in the area of representing your intellectual property rights before courts and authorities include in particular
- Disputes concerning the validity and enforcement of patents, trade marks, designs and copyrights before Swiss courts and the Unified Patent Court;
- Disputes concerning the licensing of intellectual property rights before Swiss courts;
- Support in administrative proceedings before registration authorities (Institute for Intellectual Property, European Patent Office).
IP transactions
In the context of IP transactions, our IP team covers all relevant areas, such as the licensing and transfer of intellectual property rights, technology transfer, due diligence, etc.
Beyond borders
Our international network of renowned law firms enables us to draw on in-depth expertise, have a local presence and at the same time think globally in order to offer you first-class le-gal support in all matters relating to intellectual property and competition law.
