MEISSER & PARTNERS
Your full service trademarks team in Switzerland since 1979
We are a team of 12 professionals (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.
According
to a recent publication of the international organization Marques,
Meisser & Partners are among the top ten Swiss trademark
representatives, counted on the national applications filed in 2009,
with a growth of 10% against 2008.
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.