Lawyers Roger Staub

Roger Staub

Partner
Dr. iur., Attorney at Law

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Location

Zurich

Contact

Direct phone: +41 58 658 52 89
roger.staub@walderwyss.com

Curriculum Vitae

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Areas of activity: Healthcare & Life Sciences Intellectual Property Art & Entertainment Litigation Arbitration

Roger Staub is a Partner in the Information Technology, Intellectual Property and Competition Team. He represents national and international companies from various industries, such as luxury goods, pharmaceuticals, food, financial services, fashion, medical devices and media. He specialises in litigating complex cases before state courts and arbitration tribunals. In addition, he advises clients in negotiating IP and technology-related contracts and in developing IP strategies. He also works as an arbitrator in international arbitration tribunals.

After studying law at the universities of Munich and Zurich (licentiate degree, 1992), Roger Staub became a member of the bar in Zurich in 1995 and received his doctorate at the University of Zurich in 2000 with a dissertation on copyright contract law. Before joining Walder Wyss, he was a partner in a legal firm in Zurich and employed in a London legal firm. He is the author of various publications, in particular the co-editor of a commentary on design law and co-author of a commentary on trademark protection law. Roger Staub is an active member in various organisations in the field of intellectual property. In past years he has been both a committee chairperson and a member of the Global Europe Advisory Council in the International Trademark Administration (INTA).

Roger Staub has for years regularly enjoyed an outstanding rating in the field of intellectual property in international rankings such as Chambers Europe, Legal500 ('a great strategist with a no-nonsense approach'), Who's Who Legal Trademarks ('exceptional client-oriented counsel'), IAMPatent1000 and WTR1000 ('immensely skilled litigator').

Roger Staub's working languages are German, English, Spanish and French. He is registered with the Zurich Bar Registry.

Helvetia and Baloise to Merge

22 April 2025

Migros announces Sale of the Mibelle Group to Persán

31 March 2025

WTR 1000 Ranking 2025

3 February 2025

Boehringer Ingelheim acquires veterinary therapeutic vaccines developer Saiba Animal Health

10 September 2024

The Federal Supreme Court confirms far-reaching injunctions granted in favor of the German science and technology company Merck by the Commercial Court of the Canton of Zurich against Merck’s US competitor MSD.

12 July 2023

Chambers and Partners has moved Walder Wyss’s Arbitration Team up to Band 2 in its 2023 Global Ranking

16 February 2023

Walder Wyss' IP team achieves far-reaching injunctions for the German science and technology company Merck against its US competitor MSD.

6 December 2022

Walder Wyss achieves landmark decision by the Swiss Federal Supreme Court for its client Merck in a dispute against MSD relating to trademarks and other signs

16 July 2020

Sale of „Lista-Office-Group“

2 September 2019

14 May 2023 | by Ramona Wyss, Andrea Haefeli, Gion Giger, David Vasella, Davide Cerutti, Marco Galli, Roger Staub, Manuel Bigler, Reto Jacobs, Monique Sturny, Thomas P. Müller, Nadja D. Leuthardt, Adriano Antonietti, Valentine Schnyder, Stefan Knobloch, Dimitrios Berger, Dominik Hohler, Letizia Schlegel, Stéphanie Oneyser, Urs P. Gnos, Dario Galli, Michael Kündig, Markus Vischer, Urs Schenker, Christian A. Schmid, Patrick W. Vogel, Alexander Sorton, Samuel Lieberherr, Daniel Dedeyan, Nico Bernhard, Theodor Härtsch, Tervel Stoyanov, Lukas Wyss, Markus Pfenninger, Valentin Wiesner, Rafal Szala, Thiemo Sturny, Roger Ammann, Hubertus Hillerström, Ken Savioz, Simone Wetzstein, Valentina Eichin, Irène Suter-Sieber, Olivier Sigg, Laura Luongo, Francis Nordmann, André Kuhn, Davide Jermini, Christian Eichenberger, Matthieu Seydoux, Thomas Meister, Janine Corti, Robert Desax, Fabienne Limacher, Dieter Hofmann, Rodolphe Gautier, Roxane Allot, Micha Bühler, Michael Feit, Maurice Courvoisier, Oliver M. Kunz and Pascale Köster | Editor[s]: Urs P. Gnos, Theodor Härtsch | ed.: 2nd edition

First Statements of Swiss Trademark Office and the EUIPO regarding the Classification of Digital Items Authenticated by Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs)

21 July 2022 | by Roger Staub and Dennis Tobler

SWISS RE – WE MAKE THE WORLD MORE RESILIENT: Federal Supreme Court confirms that services need not be limited to those of Swiss origin

21 April 2021 | by Roger Staub and Sylvia Anthamatten | in: World Trademark Review Daily

“SWISS RE – WE MAKE THE WORLD MORE RESILIENT” – Federal Supreme Court confirms that the services claimed by the mark must not be limited to Swiss origin

14 April 2021 | by Roger Staub and Sylvia Anthamatten

"SWISS RE – WE MAKE THE WORLD MORE RESILIENT" – Trademark found not to be misleading without a limitation of the services to Swiss origin

1 July 2020 | by Roger Staub and Sylvia Anthamatten

Doing Business in Switzerland – A Practical Guide

4 June 2020 | by Urs P. Gnos, Theodor Härtsch, Ramona Wyss, Andrea Haefeli, Gion Giger, David Vasella, Davide Cerutti, Marco Galli, Roger Staub, Benno Fischer-Siddiqui, Reto Jacobs, Monique Sturny, Thomas P. Müller, Nadja D. Leuthardt, Adriano Antonietti, Valentine Schnyder, Stefan Knobloch, Dimitrios Berger, Dominik Hohler, Jenny Süess, Stéphanie Oneyser, Dario Galli, Michael Kündig, Markus Vischer, Urs Schenker, Rafael Zemp, Patrick W. Vogel, Laurent Schmidt, Christian Lütolf, Daniel Dedeyan, Nico Bernhard, Tervel Stoyanov, Lukas Wyss, Markus Pfenninger, Valentin Wiesner, Rafal Szala, Thiemo Sturny, Roger Ammann, Hubertus Hillerström, Ken Savioz, Ueli Sommer, Simone Wetzstein, Christoph Stutz, Nadine Mäder, Olivier Sigg, Laura Luongo, Francis Nordmann, André Kuhn, Davide Jermini, Christian Eichenberger, Théo Meylan, Thomas Meister, Janine Corti, Robert Desax, Fabienne Limacher, Dieter Hofmann, Rodolphe Gautier, Olivia Sistovaris, Micha Bühler, Michael Feit, Maurice Courvoisier, Oliver M. Kunz, Albane de Ziegler and Pascale Köster | Editor[s]: Urs P. Gnos, Theodor Härtsch