Markus Wang heads the intellectual property team and co-heads the life sciences group at Bär & Karrer. He is based in Zurich and has been a partner of the firm since 2002.
His practice covers a wide range of contentious and non-contentious patent, trademark and other IP-related issues, in particular in the pharmaceutical, biotech and IT sector. He further specialises in regulatory matters in the fields of life sciences and healthcare. Recent assignments include the successful representation of a medium sized development company in a dispute concerning the misappropriation of know-how by a listed pharmaceutical company and the successful defense of a leading developer and supplier of high-end sport apparel in Europe in a complex and protracted license dispute.
Markus Wang lectures on intellectual property law at the University of Fribourg. He has written two books on design protection and contributed chapters to the latest commentary on Swiss trademark law and to several books on other IP, IT and life sciences topics. Further, he has published several articles for periodicals, and is also a frequent speaker at seminars and conferences in the IP and life sciences fields.
Markus Wang holds a Dr iur from the University of St Gallen and a LLM from the London School of Economics and Political Sciences. He is a member of the Zurich and the Swiss Bar Association. He speaks German and English.
Markus Wang is recognised as a leading practitioner in the fields of intellectual property and life sciences in publications and listings such as Who's Who Legal, Chambers Europe, European Legal Experts, WTR 1000: The World's Leading Trademark Professionals and IAM Patent 1000.
Bär & Karrer is a renowned Swiss law firm with more than 150 lawyers in Zurich, Geneva, Lugano and Zug. Its core business is advising clients on innovative and complex transactions and representing them in litigation, arbitration and regulatory proceedings. The firm's clients range from multinational corporations to private individuals in Switzerland and around the world.
Bär & Karrer has been repeatedly awarded Switzerland's "Law Firm of the Year" by the most prestigious international legal ranking agencies.
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