MEISSER & PARTNERS
Your full service trademarks team in Switzerland
We are a team of 14 persons (attorneys at law, paralegals, secretaries) fully specialised in trademarks work and related areas. We represent local and foreign clients in Switzerland and are internationally responsible for a number of well-known brands, amongst others in the fields of tobacco (cigars), cosmetics, tourism, financial services, stock exchange indices, food, textiles, sporting goods, supermarkets, technical products and names of celebrities.
Our services include
| - | trademarks clearance (searches in trademarks registers, company registers and the Internet on the availability of trademarks) |
| - | prosecution and administration of trademarks and designs (applications, assignments, renewals, objections) |
| - | conflicts and litigation (opposition proceedings, representing clients in administrative, civil and penal actions before Swiss courts and authorities |
| - | fighting product piracy (organizing market searches and customs measures, injunctions for administrative, civil and penal actions) |
| - | drafting and negotiating agreements (licence agreements, co-existence agreements, tradename agreements, trademark purchase agreements) |
| - | due diligence (examining trademark portfolios in connection with mergers and acquisitions) |
| - | Internet domain name administration (registration and administration) |
| - | Internet domain litigation and ADR (UDRP) |
| - | legal services in related areas (designs, copyright, trade names, geographical indications, personal rights and unfair competition) |
| - | instructing foreign colleagues in all the above matters and the management of international conflicts |
Languages
We correspond in English and German. In addition, we understand French and - with limitations - Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and Russian.