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André ROLAND
Managing Partner
Patent and Trademark Attorney
Judge at the Federal Patent Court
Biography
A physicist by training, André Roland has more than 30 years of experience in the field of intellectual property. He started working as an examiner at the European Patent Office (Berlin) and then became the Manager of an IP department of a pharmaceuticals company.
In 1998, he founded the ANDRE ROLAND IP Firm, which he still manages today.
Since 2011, he also acts as Deputy Judge at the Patent Federal Court.
In addition to managing the firm, he dedicates an important part of his time to strategic consulting, to the technical and legal assessment of intangible assets, and to the development of tools designed for the protection of our clients’ innovations and designs. His core activity is in the patent field as well as in the trademarks, designs and plant breeding sectors.
Activities
- Global advice to clients in IP matters
- Preparation of patent applications
- Patent and non-patent literature research
- Patentability analysis
- Trademarks, designs and plant breeding
- IP audits
- Due Diligence
- Litigation
- Freedom to operate studies
- Advice relating to infringement and counterfeiting
- Education and conferences
Languages
French - English - German
Titles
Swiss Patent Attorney
Judge at the Federal Patent Court
Certificate in Human Physiology
Master’s Degree in Physics
Expertise
- Medical technology
- Physics
- Health
- Connected objects
- Nanotechnology
- Packaging
- Sports
- Industrial systems and devices
- Transport
- Mechanical engineering
- Constructions
- Devices
- Environmental technology
- Transdisciplinary technologies
Professionnal experience
| 2011 - Present | Judge at the Federal Patent Court, St-Gall, Switzerland |
| 1998 - Present | Founder and Managing Partner of ANDRE ROLAND |
| 1995 - 1998 | Development and management of the IP department, Debiopharm SA, Lausanne, Switzerland |
| 1990 - 1995 | Examiner at the European Patent Office, Berlin, Germany |
| 1988 - 1990 | Professor of pre-university mathematics and physics, Lausanne, Switzerland |
Education
| 1987-1988 | Human Physiology, University of Lausanne, Switzerland |
| 1983-1988 | Physics, University of Lausanne, Switzerland |
