Tag: Michael Ritscher

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Michael Ritscher speaks at AIPLA Annual Meeting | 29 October 2026

Michael Ritscher, Partner at MLL Legal, will speak together with Verena von Bomhard at the AIPLA 2026 Annual Meeting on “Protection of Designs in Europe”.

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MLL Legal achieves record-breaking IP STARS 2026 Results: Five Tier 1 Rankings, 11 Practitioners recognised, and 11 consecutive Years in the Rankings

MLL Legal has once again been recognised by IP STARS with strong results in its 2026 edition. Our IP team, led by Michael Ritscher, Simon Holzer and Peter Schramm, earned Top Tier 1 rankings in all five IP practice areas, making MLL Legal the only Swiss law firm to achieve this distinction. With 11 individual…

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MLL Legal successfully represented the Swiss retailer COOP on appeal in EPO opposition proceedings

The patent team of MLL Legal successfully represented the Swiss retailer COOP on appeal in EPO opposition proceedings leading to the total revocation of Katjes’ patent EP 3 685 673 on vegan chocolate.

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Copyright and IP Transactions: IP STARS 2024 awards our IP team with another two Top Tier rankings, making MLL Legal the only Swiss law firm ranked as Top Tier in all areas of IP

Further exciting news have emerged during the summer break period: Our IP team led by Michael Ritscher, Simon Holzer and Peter Schramm has been recognised by IP Stars with two additional Top Tier 1 rankings for Copyright & Related Rights and IP Transactions in their 2024 guide. 

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Our IP team is recognised with three WTR Global Leaders 2024

WTR Global Leaders elects the world’s foremost trademark experts and we are very proud to have an impressive three of our IP lawyers represented in their 2024 edition: Simon Holzer, Michael Ritscher and Peter Schramm.

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Michael Ritscher | 22. Kölner Symposium | 1 March 2024

Michael Ritscher, head of our practice group Intellectual Property, on March 1 2024 gave a presentation at the 22nd Cologne Symposium.

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IAM Patent 1000 2022: Gold rated MLL Legal is “a powerhouse within life sciences litigation”

MLL Legal again ranks in the highest “Gold” tier for patent litigation work and is recommended for transaction work. The firm’s dedicated, full-service IP practice stands out for its leading trademarks, designs and unfair competition practice, its expertise in patents and the health industry as well as in copyright, technology, media and telecommunications.

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Swiss Forum for Communication Law

Michael Ritscher will participate in the 75th anniversary event for of the Swiss Forum for Communication Law on 1-2 July 2022 in Bern.

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Michael Ritscher will be a panelist at the Federal Patent Court conference on 6 May 2022

MLL’s IP Head Michael Ritscher will be a panelist at the 10 year anniversary conference of the Federal Patent Court.

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INGRES European intellectual property law 2022 webinar

On 31 January 2022 INGRES will hold its successful event series session on European intellectual property law in 2022 as a webinar.

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Meyerlustenberger Lachenal Ltd. (MLL) ranks in Chambers and Partners 2018 legal guides

Chambers and Partners ranks Meyerlustenberger Lachenal Ltd. (MLL) in their 2018 editions of both their Europe and Global guides.