Current activity

Owner of Swiss IP Boutique LOCHER

Professional focus

Research and Development
Intellectual Property
Arts
Trademarks
Pharmaceuticals
Distribution and franchise

Areas of law

Art law
Licensing/Franchise law
Patent and trademark law
Conciliation
Intellectual property law
Contract law
Competition and antitrust law

My career

  • Founding of Swiss IP Boutique LOCHER (2024)
  • Attorney/Counsel at a leading Swiss law firm (2013 to 2023)
  • Attorney/Partner at E. Blum & Co. AG, Zurich (2001 – 2013)
  • Lawyer at Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property (1994 - 2000)
  • Legal counsel at SRG SSR Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (1993 - 1994)
  • University of Bern, Dr. iur., 1992
  • Swiss bar exam (Fürsprecher), 1989

Arbitration experience

Counsel

Publications

  • Zu den vermögensrechtlichen Folgen von Immaterialgüterrechtsverletzungen nach schweizerischem Recht vor dem Hintergrund neuerer Gerichtsentscheide, Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht. Internationaler Teil (GRUR Int.), vol. 4/2007, pp. 275-284
  • Zum Zivilprozessrecht im Immaterialgüterrecht in der Schweiz: Zuständigkeit, Forum Running, Schiedsfähigkeit – zugleich zur geplanten Revision von Art. 109 IPRG, sic! Zeitschrift für Immaterialgüter-, Informations- und Wettbewerbsrecht, vol. 4/2006, pp. 242-259
  • Das Internationale Privat- und Zivilprozessrecht der Immaterialgüterrechte aus urheberrechtlicher Sicht (nach schweizerischem IPRG, unter Berücksichtigung der Berner Übereinkunft), doctoral thesis, in: Schweizer Studien zum internationalen Recht, vol. 80, Zürich 1993
  • further publications see website of Python

Languages

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  • German (native)
  • English (fluent)
  • French (good working knowledge)

Memberships

  • International Bar Association (IBA)
  • Swiss and Bern Bar Associations
  • Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA)
  • London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA)
  • International Association for the Protection of Industrial Property (AIPPI)
  • Institute for the Protection of Industrial Property (INGRES)

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