MLL Legal
Lawyers
Guillaume Fournier
- Phone+41 58 552 03 10
- Email[email protected]
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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)