New strength and enormous potential as a member of the IPS Group
Who Are We?
Suisse Technology Partners AG – IP Law Firm is an independent patent and trademark law firm.
You invent, and we protect – to safeguard and enhance your competitiveness.
Protect your innovation against imitation! Protection enables you to stand apart from your competition and prohibit others from using your intellectual property. It also stops competitors protecting your innovation for themselves. Your protected innovations and creations are a tradeable asset which you can sell or licence.
Our team of highly qualified specialists have a wealth of expertise and specialist knowledge of both intellectual property and various technical fields, most notably mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, chemistry and biotechnology. We draw on these skills to help innovative businesses and individual inventors develop effective strategies for protecting their intellectual property, anywhere in the world.
Our expertise.
Patents
protect your technical innovations.
Trademarks
distinguish your products and enhance their image.
Design
protects the creative new design (external appearance) of your products.
Philosophy.
We have proven ourselves on both the national and international market over many years and driven the organic growth of our patent law firms. The individuality of the separate companies stands front and center, while their solidarity with each other gives additional strength to the whole. We will use these for the benefit of our clients. We firmly believe that a regional alignment based on established roots in the local area meets the growing needs of our clients.
The personality of the staff and their integrity are valued highly in our companies alongside requirements on their specialist qualifications. We attach great importance to an inspiring and appreciative staff and corporate culture and have, as a group, committed ourselves to acting sustainably and responsibly. In doing so we have laid the foundation for a relationship with our clients that is based on trust and cooperation.
The outstanding standard of our infrastructures, including the IT system that was announced back in 2013 and has since been fully integrated, are central factors in our ability to provide high-quality services. That has put us well ahead of many of our competitors, allowing us to deliver consistent improvements in efficiency and significant advancements in data security. What is more, this foundation has enabled us to better prepare for unforeseen events such as the coronavirus pandemic and overcome the additional challenges to a consistently high standard.
As a corporate group, we can also enhance security and flexibility and tap into the considerable synergy potential available from the across-the-board use of services and resources. The fact that our patent attorneys come from a range of natural scientific specialisms such as physics, chemistry, biology and mechanical engineering and are actively engaged in areas of interest beyond their specialist fields additionally enhances the benefits for our clients.
It is our belief that a personal relationship with clients, cooperation with the same contacts over many years and ethically responsible and sustainable actions in the market will become even more important in the future. We share these values and will preserve them for the benefit of our clients and our companies.
Our team.
Roland Althaus,
Dr. sc. nat., Dipl. Natw. ETH
European and Swiss patent attorney; lawyer
+41 52 55 111 26
Roland Althaus
Dr. sc. Nat., Dipl. Natw. ETH, European and Swiss Patent Attorney, Attorney-at-law
Roland Althaus works as a patent attorney mainly in the fields of biotechnology, pharmacy, organic chemistry, mechanics and packaging technology.
Roland Althaus was born in Bern, Switzerland, studied biochemistry at the ETH Zurich and completed his diploma thesis in the field of enzyme characterization. He obtained his doctorate in inflammation research at the Institute of Toxicology in Schwerzenbach and simultaneously studied law at the University of St. Gallen (HSG). This was followed by several years in the research and development department of a biotech start-up. He then trained as a patent attorney in a Zurich patent law firm. Since 01.12.2013 Roland Althaus has been working as a patent attorney in the patent law firm Suisse-TP. In addition to patent law, Roland Althaus also has extensive experience in trademark and design law.
Roland Althaus represents his domestic and foreign clients before the European Patent Office (EPO), the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the Institute of Intellectual Property (IGE).
Roland Althaus speaks German, English and French.
Memberships:
EPI: Institute of Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office
INGRES: Institute for the Protection of Intellectual Property in Switzerland
Max Bolliger
Head of Human Resources
+41 52 55 111 06
Max Bolliger
Head of Human Resources
Max Bolliger is Head of Human Resources at Gernet Althaus IP AG and as owner of the Bolliger & Partner Internationale Treuhänder GmbH audit company he is responsible for controlling at Gernet Althaus IP AG.
Samuel Gernet,
Dr. sc. nat., Dipl. Phys. ETH
Senior Consultant
European and Swiss patent attorney
+41 52 55 111 07
Samuel Gernet
Dr. Samuel Gernet works as a patent attorney with a focus on mechanics, electrical engineering, thin film technology, materials and packaging technology. Dr. Samuel Gernet was born in Lucerne and studied physics at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich. He completed his diploma thesis in plastics physics. He obtained his doctorate at the Institut de Microtechnique in Neuchâtel in the field of subcutaneously implantable glucose sensors. This was followed by several years in the development of microelectronic components for interconnection technology, after which he trained as a patent attorney in an industrial patent department. This was followed by several years as a patent attorney in various industrial companies (electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, medical technology) and as an employee in a patent law firm. Samuel Gernet also gained particular experience in trademark and design law and all related proceedings. From June 2010 until the end of 2019, Samuel Gernet headed the the IP Profitcenter of Suisse Technology Partners AG. From January 2020 until April 2021, Samuel Gernet was working as a patent and trademark attorney with Gernet Althaus IP AG. Since April 2021 Samuel Gernet has been working as Senior Consultant for IPS Irsch AG and Gernet Althaus IP AG. There he represents as Senior Consultant a wide range of industrial companies, SMEs and individual inventors from Switzerland and abroad before the European Patent Office (EPO), the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the Institute of Intellectual Property (IGE).
Samuel Gernet speaks German, English and French.
Sandra Baitler
Paralegal
Formalities Officer – patents,
trademarks, designs
+41 52 55 111 07
Sandra Baitler
Paralegal
Sandra Baitler worked for 10 years at a Patent Law Firm in Schaffhausen before she joined in Mai 2021 the Gernet Althaus IP AG. Since then she has been assisting the Gernet Althaus IP AG team with patent, trademark and design administration.
Brigitte Stoll
Paralegal
Formalities Officer – patents,
trademarks, designs
+41 52 55 111 06
Brigitte Stoll
Paralegal
Brigitte Stoll worked for 6 years at the IP-Profitcenter of Suisse Technology Partners in the patent administration. She has been assisting the Gernet Althaus IP AG team with patent, trademark and design administration since January 2020.
Remo Cadalbert
IT Consultant
responsible for hardware and software
support as well as networks.
+41 52 55 111 07
Remo Cadalbert
IT Consultant
Remo Cadalbert has worked as IT Consultant since April 2021 and is responsible for hardware and software support as well as networks.
Patents.
Thomas A. Edison
Patent
(noun)
pat(ə)nt
A patent is an industrial property right conferred by the government. With a patent, you can prevent others from making commercial use of your innovation.
The scenario
You have developed something and want to legally protect your invention.
A third party is using your patented invention in a product and selling it, so you want to put an immediate stop to that party's business practices. You want to prevent him from using it or, at the very least, confer a licence.
Our service
First, we assess the patentability of your invention and guide you along the legally complex route to obtaining a patent. This involves drafting and submitting applications and conducting examination and opposition proceedings. We also maintain and enforce your existing patent rights and assist you in patent invalidation and infringement cases. For national patent applications and disputes, we have access to a global and reliable network of national patent attorneys.
We draft any licence and joint development agreements in close consultation with you, review them and represent your interests in dealings with third parties.
Trademarks.
Alexander Deichsel
Trademark
(noun)
treɪdmɑːk
A trademark identifies the commercial origin of your products and services. A trademark is a symbol of the quality of your products and services and is an important asset. It is one of the keys to sustainable business development.
The scenario
You already have a trademark portfolio or are starting afresh with a new trademark. A third party approaches you with a warning, asking you to cancel your trademark.
It has come to your attention that somebody is using a trademark similar to yours and you want them to desist.
Our service
We comprehensively assist you with the preliminary legal investigations, the application and, if necessary, the defence of your trademark vis-à-vis the trademark Office or against third parties.
For national trademark applications and disputes, we have access to a global and reliable network of national associate attorneys.
Additionally, we monitor the renewal deadlines on your behalf and, when necessary, notify you of conflicts between your trademark and younger, confusingly similar trademarks.
We draft any licence and delimitation agreements in close consultation with you, review them and represent your interests in dealings with third parties.
Designs.
Dieter Rams
Design
(noun)
dɪˈzʌɪn
Designs protect a product's visual features. Both surface designs, such as fabric patterns or bottle labels, and forms, such as watches, lamps or chairs, can be protected.
The scenario
Your product, which has an original appearance, is being imitated by third parties and you want to prevent this.
You receive a warning, asking you to alter your new design for a product.
Our service
We comprehensively assist you with the preliminary legal investigations, the application and, if it comes to this, the defence of your design. For design applications and disputes abroad, we have access to a global network of national associate attorneys.
We also maintain the design protection for you.
We draft any licence agreements in close consultation with you, review them and represent your interests in dealings with third parties.
Testimonials.
To assert our trademarks, which include ALUCOBOND®, DIBOND® and FOREX®, we needed a partner with strategic vision who could get things done, and we found that in Suisse TP IP Law Firm. Together, we win the majority of oppositions.
Lisa Willmann
Head of Marketing Communications Display | Transport+Industry - 3A Composites
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Fee.
Our Service
Usually, fees are based on time spent; the current hourly rate for attorney work is CHF 280 and for formal processing the hourly rate is CHF 160. The frequency of billing is by arrangement with the client.
What challenge are you facing?
look after your portfolio or represent you in court.