Dr. Andrea Schäffler
Associate, Zurich
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!).
Practice Areas
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
Publications
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
- Andrea Schäffler
- Michèle Burnier
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
- Andrea Schäffler
- Michèle Burnier
- Nando Lappert
Firm News
Interim injunctions in Germany: an extremely powerful tool in international intellectual property disputes
News Portal
NFTs and Trademarks – What You Need to Know
«NFT» seem to be the word of the hour. Everyone wants NFTs, many are creating NFTs, some are buying and trading NFTs, few are getting rich off NFTs and even fewer know what an NFT really is. Currently, «The Merge»-NFT is the most expensive NFT ever traded – it was purchased for more than 91 million USD. However, NFTs are a much talked about topic not only because of their sometimes-astronomical purchase prices, but also because several legal disputes have already arisen in connection with NFTs – including over intellectual property rights. We tell you what you need to know, what you need to keep in mind and which questions are currently still unanswered with regard specially to trademark law.
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The Shape of the VW Bulli – A trademark? A trademark!
The First Board of Appeal at EUIPO has ruled that the shape of the VW Bus (commonly referred to as «Bulli»), the cult van of Volkswagen («VW») is protectable as a 3D trademark and shall be registered accordingly as a European trademark (Decision of the First Board of Appeal at EUIPO of 29 November 2021, case no. R 2421/2020-1).
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