IT and Intellectual Property Law
MME Partners have specialized knowledge of the legal matters in complex IT projects. Our experts have been involved in many computer science projects. We have extensive experience in the Swiss manufacturing, banking, insurance, finance and telecommunication sectors as well as in the fast growing fields of High-Technology (especially medicinal technology). MME Partners is the only Swiss law firm with membership in the “World IT Lawyers Network” association (www.worlditlawyers.com), enabeling us to provide efficient transborder legal advice. Partner Dr. Martin Eckert coordinates our IT-related mandates and held office as a judge at the Federal Appeal Commission for Intellectual Property. MME Partners assist and represent their clients primarily in the following fields:
- Elaboration and negotiation of complex IT contracts and projects:
- Software and intellectual property licensing agreements
- Advisor-, support-, maintenance-, service- and servicelevel-agreements (SLA),
- Infrastructure, procurement and software development agreements
- Escrow agreements
- ISP and other agreements regarding the internet and internet business models
- Outsourcing
- Telecommunications agreements, telehousing
- Assistance and supervision of IT projects
- IT related areas (data protection, consumer protection, compliance)
In the field of Intellectual Property law, MME Partners concentrate on the elaboration of contracts, on questions relating to licensing and on litigation in complex disputes. Several partner attorneys have published articles in this field of practice and regularly deal with the protection of intellectual and industrial property rights. Partner Dr. Berhard F. Meyer is an accredited arbitrator of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). MME Partners specifically focus on the following areas :
- Licensing
- Transfer of know-how
- Transfer of technology
- Research and development
- Patents
- Brands
- Brand strategies
- Company and domain names
- Competition and anti-trust law
- Live entertainment and ticketing
- Renewable energies
- Copyright law
- Advertising law
- Media law
