Jürg Simon

Practice Areas

Commercial and Contracts, Competition and Regulated Markets, Employment, Pensions and Immigration, Intellectual Property, Litigation and Arbitration, Technology and Outsourcing, Data Protection and Privacy

Career

Prof. Dr. Jürg Simon is a partner and leading expert in intellectual property and related fields in Switzerland (forensic and non-forensic work), with a particular focus on trademark and privacy law. He has vast experience as counsel in trademark, unfair competition, copyright and patent litigation, as well as in all aspects of commercial transactions involving intellectual property rights (such as licensing, selective distribution, sponsoring and IP securitisation). Before joining Lenz & Staehelin, he was director at the Swiss Intellectual Property Institute and a partner in an IP boutique firm.

Jürg teaches intellectual property law (among other topics) at the University of St. Gallen, the Swiss Intellectual Property Institute, and the Università LUISS Guido Carli in Rome. He published on a wide range of intellectual property and competition topics. He is also the past and acting president of two associations in the Swiss dairy industry, and a member of the board of directors of IP-intensive companies.

Swiss Bar Admission (1987), Swiss Federal Office of Justice (1987), University Bern (Dr. iur., 1990), Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property (1991), University St.Gallen (Executive Masters in European and International Business Law, 1997), Partner IP boutique law firm (1997), Partner at Lenz & Staehelin (2005), University St.Gallen (Adjunct Professor of Intellectual Property Law, 2006)

Professional Memberships

Member of all relevant national and international professional organizations in the field

Languages Spoken

German, English, French