Areas of practice:

Patent litigation, opinions on infringement and validity of patents as court expert or private expert. Drafting and prosecution of patent applications. Judge at the commercial court of the Kanton Aargau.

Career & experience:

Degree in electrical engineering of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zürich. Employed in industry in the fields of power system management and digital computer design. Joined E. Blum & Co. AG in 1984 and studied law at the University of Zurich. Court practice and admitted as attorney in 1989. Experience as patent attorney with main activities in electrical engineering, mechanical engineering and civil engineering. Head of the patent division of our firm since 1998. Partner of the firm.

Publications:

Intellectual Property: An Introduction, in: 125 Years E. Blum & Co. AG, A Short Manual on Intellectual Property, Zürich 2003 (with Clemens Zehnder and Brigitte Schreiber-Lomazzi)

Memberships:

AIPPI, FICPI, VSP, INGRES

Languages:

German, English, French