Thierry Calame

Intellectual Property, Litigation and Arbitration, Technology and Outsourcing

Dr. Thierry Calame is the firm’s managing partner based in Zurich and an expert in intellectual property matters with a particular emphasis on patent law. He has vast experience as counsel in patent, trademark, unfair competition and copyright litigation, as well as IP-related arbitration. He regularly sits as an arbitrator in IP-related arbitration. Thierry also advises on licensing, the intellectual property aspects of a wide range of other transactions and pharmaceutical law, including regulatory and advertising issues. He has a master’s degree in both chemistry and law, and is a permanent lecturer at the Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property. Thierry has published on a wide range of intellectual property topics. He is also past president of the European Patent Lawyers Association (EPLAW). From 2010 to 2014, he acted as reporter general of the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI).

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology ETHZ (Dipl.nat.sc.ETH, 1991), University of St.Gallen (lic. iur., 1994, Dr. iur., 2001), Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property, Competition and Tax Law (1995), Swiss Bar Admission (1996), Joined Lenz & Staehelin (1996), University of Santa Clara (1998), Partner at Lenz & Staehelin (2002)

European Patent Lawyers Association (EPLAW), International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI), International Trademark Association (INTA), Licensing Executives Society (LES), International Bar Association (IBA), Swiss Bar Association (SAV), Zurich Bar Association (ZAV), Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA), Deutsche Vereinigung für gewerblichen Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht (GRUR), Institut für gewerblichen Rechtsschutz (INGRES), Schweizer Forum für Kommunikationsrecht (SF-FS)