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Trademark Attorney
Partner
Areas of Practice
Intellectual property law, including in particular trademarks, design, copyright, corporate and trade names, unfair competition, protection of know-how and trade secrets, legal advice and legal representation in these areas, including conflicts and contentious matters, enforcement, drafting of contracts and legal opinions, intellectual property rights searches, prosecution of registration proceedings. In-depth experience in particular in the areas of infringement and nullity proceedings, opposition proceedings, licensing, domain name conflicts.
Career and Experience
Law studies at the Universities of Fribourg (CH) and Exeter (GB), graduation 1989.
1989-1998 trademark attorney with E. Blum & Co., from 1991 Head of the Trademark Dept.; 1998-2009 main stake holder and CEO of Meyer Marks AG.
Joined E. Blum & Co. AG in 1989.
Publications
Co-author of the Swiss Chapter in “PLC Cross-border Intellectual Property Handbook”, 2003/04, 2005/06, 2007/08, publ. by PRACTICAL LAW COMPANY, London
Memberships
INGRES | (Institute for the Protection of Industrial Property) |
INTA | (International Trademark Association) |
AIPPI | (International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property) |
TLE | (Tax & Legal Excellence Network) |
Languages
German, English, French, Italian