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Franz Probst

Franz Probst
Partner
lic. iur. Fürsprecher, LL.M.

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Franz Probst

Franz Probst has over 30 years of experience in advising and representing companies, non-profit organisations, public institutions and individuals. A significant focus of his legal practice is working as external general legal counsel for SMEs active in high-tech, consumer goods, ICT, media and trading. He also specializes in intellectual property and media-related issues, competitor and buyer conduct, and the purchase, sale and structuring of companies. Franz Probst is a sought-after expert for transactions between Swiss and Indian companies due to his long-standing professional and personal experience in India.

  • University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, LL.M. 1989
  • Attorney at Law 1983
  • University of Bern, Fürsprecher 1983
  • Elementary schools in Switzerland and South India
  • since 1995 with PROBST PARTNER AG
  • Parliamentary Commissioner (Ombudsman) of the City of Winterthur (1992–1996)
  • Attorney at large and medium-sized law firms in Bern, Zurich and Palo Alto/San Francisco
  • Senior legal advisor at Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property, Bern (1985–1989)
  • Member of the Swiss Bar Association and various professional organisations
  • Board Member Swiss-Indian Chamber of Commerce (Chairman 2005-2011)
  • President of the Swiss Movie Theater Association (2010-2015)
  • President Swiss Association of Providers of Pay-Radio and Pay-TV Programmes
  • Founder and Chairman SkillSonics Group (www.skillsonics.com)

  • Rechte an Entwicklungen des Arbeitnehmers (Schweizer IP-Handbuch, Helbing Lichtenhahn Verlag, 2013; with Mirjam Gähweiler)

  • Schweizer Vertragshandbuch, Musterverträge für die Praxis, 2. Edition
    (Verlag Helbing & Lichtenhahn, Basel 2010), Joint Editor

  • The Revision of the Swiss Federal Radio and Television Act: How to reign in a bucking horse, (in: IAEL Journal, Winter 2004/5, p. 11)

  • Zum neuen Markenschutzgesetz (Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftsrecht, vol. 4 (1993), p. 175)

  • Swiss Copyright Law Revisions and Protection of Computer Programs and Integrated Circuits (The Computer Lawyer, Vol. 7, No. 4, S. 1, 1990, Koautor)

  • Schutz von Computerprogrammen und Mikrochips (Neue Zürcher Zeitung vom 18. Oktober 1989, Koautor)

  • Protection of Integrated Circuits in Switzerland (European Intellectual Property Review, vol. 10/4 (1998), p. 108)