SWITZERLAND Law and Practice Contributed by: Lara Dorigo and Alexandra Bühlmann, Pestalozzi
Pestalozzi is a Swiss business law firm that has focused on high-end work for domestic and international clients since 1911. The firm guides and supports its clients in their strate- gic business decisions, anticipates their future challenges and helps them solve their critical is- sues. With over 100 professionals in Zurich and Geneva, the firm is at home in Switzerland’s two main commercial hubs. While being locally em- bedded, Pestalozzi has also developed sought-
after expertise in dealing with multi-jurisdiction- al transactions and disputes. The firm has a long tradition in providing intellectual property services. Its IP practice group provides results- oriented, effective and pragmatic solutions for the protection and commercialisation of intan- gible assets, including representing clients from all industry sectors in enforcing and defending their intellectual property rights.
Authors
Lara Dorigo is a partner and heads the intellectual property, technology and media group at Pestalozzi and is a member of the firm’s life sciences practice group. She is a passionate IP
Alexandra Bühlmann is an associate and member of Pestalozzi’s IP & TMT, life sciences and competition teams in Zurich. She specialises in intellectual property, food and
litigator and licensing specialist with extensive experience in patent litigation before courts and arbitral tribunals, including disputes regarding pharmaceuticals, biologics, biosimilars, immunotherapies, diagnostics, SPCs and medtech, She also advises on the intersection of IP and competition law. She has published on a wide variety of issues in the fields of IP and licensing and is a frequent speaker at conferences and an active member of international IP associations. She also acts as a deputy judge of the Federal Patent Court.
healthcare, licensing and distribution law as well as unfair competition and antitrust law. She advises and represents domestic and foreign clients from a broad range of industries. She regularly represents clients before government authorities and Swiss courts in civil litigations, in particular in matters related to unfair competition as well as intellectual property.
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