Michael Treis

Practice Areas

Michael Treis is a Senior Counsel in Baker McKenzie's Swiss offices. He advises on all aspects of IP protection and litigates IP cases before the Swiss courts, where he has won several landmark cases for clients. Michael has a 30+ years of professional experience in trademark, copyright, design and unfair competition law. He has written on numerous IP-related issues and has taught IP law at the University of St. Gallen.

Career

1989-1997 Associate with Baker McKenzie in Geneva, Frankfurt and Zurich

1997-2022 Partner with Baker McKenzie

Professional Memberships

INGRES Institut für Gewerblichen Rechtsschutz

GRUR - German Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property & Copyright (GRUR)

MARQUES - The Association of European Trademark Proprietors

INTA - International Trademark Association