Lawyers Michael Isler

Michael Isler

Michael Isler

Partner
Dr. iur., Attorney at Law

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Direct phone: +41 58 658 55 15
michael.isler@walderwyss.com

Curriculum Vitae

Areas of activity: Data & Technology Healthcare & Life Sciences Intellectual Property

Michael Isler is a partner and member of the management board in the product groups Intellectual Property, Information Technology and Data Protection. He regularly advises in complex outsourcing, technology transfer and platform projects from the conceptual and negotiation phase to dispute settlement. He further enjoys a vast experience in copyright, trademark and patent law. A particular focus of his work is dedicated to the life sciences and health sector. Michael Isler regularly publishes and lectures in his practice areas and takes an active role in several professional organizations. He is co-editor of Life Science Recht, the Swiss law journal for pharma, biotech and medtech.

Born in 1974, Michael Isler was educated at the Universities of Zurich (lic. iur. 2000) and Louvain and also holds a doctoral degree from the University of Lucerne (2011). Before joining a major law firm in Basel and Zurich in 2010, has worked for several years as inhouse counsel at a technology group and a global telecom infrastructure and service provider. He arrived at Walder Wyss in 2014.

Michael Isler's professional languages are German and English. He also speaks French and Dutch. He is registered with the Zurich Bar Registry and admitted to practice in all Switzerland.

Loewe to partner up with Kylian Mbappé

21 December 2023

Expert opinion on the criminal liability of "ethical hacking" for the National Test Institute for Cybersecurity NTC

UBS/CS Merger Completed

Bavarian Nordic Acquires Emergent BioSolutions’ Travel Vaccines Portfolio

22 February 2023

Forterro acquires Cloud ERP Software Provider myfactory

15 December 2021

Sevensense Raises USD 7.7m Series A

8 December 2021

Nautilus acquires Swiss motion tech company VAY

22 September 2021

Hitachi ABB Power Grids outsources IT infrastructure services to HCL Technologies

Walder Wyss recognized as one of the 100 top data law firms globally

21 December 2020

OTTO’S succeeds in Federal Court against Otto Group

30 November 2020

Afinum invests in Messenger App Threema

4 September 2020

ABB outsources hosting infrastructure and management services to Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)

WiseTech Global acquires SISA Studio Informatica SA

10 January 2020

Lindsay Goldberg acquires Bilcare Research Group

13 November 2019

Neuraxpharm Group enters the CBD market with the acquisition of S.T.U. GmbH

31 October 2019

Walder Wyss advises on the setup of Operational Technology Cyber Security Alliance (OTCSA)

25 October 2019

Recordati acquires rights for Signifor and Osilodrostat

Ringier Axel Springer Schweiz invests in digitalCounsels

Sobi acquires NovImmune’s Immunology Business in CHF 515 Mio. Deal

GetYourGuide announces USD 484 million series E financing round

More News

Commentary on articles 3, 14 and 15 of the Federal Data Protection Act

13 March 2024 | by Michael Isler | Editor[s]: Helbing Lichtenhahn | "Basler Kommentar Datenschutzgesetz / Öffentlichkeitsgesetz" | ed.: 4

Cybersecurity 2023 - Chapter Switzerland

July 2023 | by Michael Isler, Jürg Schneider and Hugh Reeves | in: Getting The Deal Through

Mobile fertility app requires certificate of conformity

12 June 2023 | by Michael Isler | in: Life Science Recht | pp. 85-88

Technology & Outsourcing 2022: Chapter Switzerland

20 November 2022 | by Michael Isler, Jürg Schneider and Hugh Reeves | in: "Chambers Global Practice Guide" | London

Digital Healthcare 2022 - Switzerland

24 August 2022 | by Michael Isler, David Vasella and Anne-Catherine Cardinaux | in: "Chambers Global Practice Guides" | London

Text and data mining in medical research. The science privilege according to article 24d of the Swiss Copyright Act

15 June 2022 | by Michael Isler | in: Life Science Recht - Juristische Zeitschrift für Pharma, Biotech und Medtech 2/2022 | pp. 111 - 119

Current Challenges in the Trade of Medical Devices between Switzerland and the EU

9 February 2022 | Speaker Michael Isler | MDR und IVDR – Herausforderungen für Hersteller, Vertreiber und Benannte Stellen | Zurich

Cybersecurity

30 November 2021 | by Michael Isler, Jürg Schneider and Hugh Reeves | in: "Lexology GTDT"

Commentary on Art. 5, 6 und 7a HMG

30 November 2021 | by Michael Isler [co-author], Andreas Wildi [co-author] and Stephanie Eggimann [co-author] | in: Eichenberger/Jaisli/Richli (Editor[s]) | "Basler Kommentar zum Heilmittelgesetz" | 2 | Basel

Outsourcing 2021 - Chapter Switzerland

10 November 2021 | by Michael Isler, Jürg Schneider and Hugh Reeves | in: "Chambers Global Practice Guide"

Software/Apps as Medical Devices

20 April 2021 | Speakers Michael Isler and Bernhard Bichsel | LES Fachverstanstaltung | Zürich

Data security and IoT

15 March 2021 | by Michael Isler and Nicolas Grunder | in: Schulthess Forum Data Privacy 2021 | Zürich

OTTO’S vs. OTTO – When Does Acquired Distinctiveness under Unfair Competition Law Prevail over Trademark Protection?

13 January 2021 | by Michael Isler and Christine Leuch

Cross-border portability for Swiss travelers

16 December 2020 | by Michael Isler and Lena Götzinger | in: sic! Zeitschrift für Immaterialgüter-, Informations- und Wettbewerbsrecht | pp. 689-694

CLOUD Act and the Protection of Business Secrets

November 2020 | by Michael Isler | in: ORAWORLD | Berlin

§ 5 Data and Intellectual Property

30 November 2020 | by Michael Isler | Helbing Lichtenhahn Verlag | Basel | Editor[s]: Conrad Weidmann / Peter Münch / Jürg Herren | "Schweizer IP-Handbuch"

Outsourcing 2020 - Chapter Switzerland

12 November 2020 | by Michael Isler, Jürg Schneider and Hugh Reeves | in: "Chambers Global Practice Guide"

Protection of literary works

18 October 2020 | by Michael Isler and Magda Streuli-Youssef [co-author] | Helbing Lichtenhahn Verlang | Basel | Editor[s]: Peter Mosimann / Marc-André Renold / Andrea F.G. Raschèr | "Kultur Kunst Recht"

Well-known trademarks in the context of a product’s culinary origin

2 August 2020 | by Michael Isler and Annemarie Lagger

The repartition of responsibilities in clinical trials

29 July 2020 | by Michael Isler | in: digma Zeitschrift für Datenrecht und Informationssicherheit | pp. 68-72

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Recognitions

Chambers Europe 2023

Who's Who Legal_Recognised

Legal 500 recommended lawyer 2023

Best Lawyers 2024 - Michael Isler

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