Intellectual Property

About

Provided by BianchiSchwald LLC

The IP team of BianchiSchwald covers all fields of IP law, namely patent, trademark, design and copyright law, also including areas such as know-how protection, trade secrets and unfair competition. It is involved in pre-contentious work and represents clients in IP litigation. Sectors served by our IP practice extend from traditional industries such as machinery, nutrition, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics or financial services to information technology, telecommunications, computing industry, media, biotech, medtech, cleantech and further advanced technologies. It also offers administrative services such as trademark and design applications and portfolio management.

CORE EXPERTISE

-Representing clients before the Swiss Federal Supreme Court, the Federal Patent Court, the Federal Administrative Court and cantonal courts;

-Representing clients in international arbitration;

-Advising on commercial transactions such as licensing, franchising and joint ventures;

-Handling R&D cooperation agreements and technology transfers;

-Conducting IP due diligence in M&A;

-Assessing IP aspects of new businesses;

-Advising companies on trademarks, company names and domain names;

-Advising on geographical indications and Swissness;

-Handling trademark portfolio prosecution and management;

-Advising on copyrights, advertising and entertainment law;

-Assisting clients in IP-related matters regarding sponsorship, franchising, licenses and distributorships;

-Protecting clients against counterfeiting.