Dr. Andrea Schäffler
Dr. Andrea Schäffler

Dr. Andrea Schäffler

Associate, Zurich

Schiffbaustrasse 2 | PO Box | CH-8031 Zurich | Switzerland
Schiffbaustrasse 2 | PO Box | CH-8031 Zurich | Switzerland
T +41 58 552 03 34
andrea.schaeffler@mll-legal.com

Profile

Andrea Schaeffler is an associate of the firm’s IP team in Zurich. She represents and advises clients in all aspects of intellectual property and unfair competition law, with a focus on trademark, copyright and design law.

Prior to joining MLL Legal 2021, she worked as an associate at a law firm in Zurich and as a research assistant at the Institute for Economic Law at the University of Bern, while writing a dissertation in trademark law. Since 2018, she is a case editor for the Swiss journal for Intellectual Property, Information and Competition Law (sic!).





Deals & Cases

  • Representation of FIFA against PUMA in a landmark trademark and unfair competition case before the Swiss Supreme Court and the Zurich Commercial Court

Education & Admission

  • University of Bern, Dr. iur. (2020)
  • Admitted to the bar in Switzerland (2016)
  • University of Bern, MLaw (2013)
  • University of Bern, BLaw (2012)

Memberships and public offices

  • Swiss Institute for intellectual property rights (INGRES)
  • German Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (GRUR)
  • International Trademark Association (INTA)
  • Swiss Bar Association (SAV)
  • Zurich Bar Association (ZAV)

Languages

  • German
  • English
More by Andrea Schäffler

Publications

NFTs and Trademarks – What You Need to Know

MLL-News, 8 April 2022
  • EN

(Kein) Markenschutz für die Nespresso-Kapsel?

Sic! 2 | 2022, Zur jüngsten Rechtsprechung des Bundesgerichts betreffend Formmarkenschutz für die Nespresso-Kapsel, 16. Februar 2022
  • DE

The Shape of the VW Bulli – A trademark? A trademark!

MLL-News, 21 January 2022
  • EN

Intellectual Property 2021 – Switzerland

The Legal 500 Country Comparative Guides, 2021 Legalease Ltd, London, July 2021
  • EN