Lawyers

Guillaume Fournier

Guillaume Fournier

MLL Legal, Switzerland

Work Department

Trademark, Design & Advertising | Patents and Life Sciences | Arbitration and Litigation

Position

Guillaume is co-head of the firm’s trademark and design group. His practice encompasses all aspects of IP law, with a focus on IP litigation and arbitration, trademark and design prosecution and contractual and commercial intellectual property. He has extensive experience in litigating IP cases (both technical and non-technical) in both the French and German-speaking parts of Switzerland. Having taken care of clients’ IP issues in China for a long time and practised in China for a year, he regularly advises rights holders on China-related IP and anti-counterfeiting strategies (both inbound and outbound).

Career

Partner with MLL (since 2014), Visiting Attorney with Ella Cheong, Patent, Design & Trademark Agents (Hong Kong & Beijing), Hong Kong (2010), Admitted to the bar in Switzerland (2007), Associate with MLL (2006–2013), Trainee with MLL (2005–2006), Trademark lawyer with the Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property, Berne (2001–2004), Internship with a US-American company, legal department, Boston, MA, USA (2001)

Languages

German, French, English

Memberships

AROPI – Association romande de propriété intellectuelle (president), Swiss Institute for IP rights (INGRES), International Trademark Association (INTA), AIPPI – The International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property

Education

University of Fribourg, Dr. iur. (2009), University of Fribourg, Free University of Berlin, lic. iur. (2000)