With more than 220 legal professionals (consisting of partners, of counsels, associates, tax advisors and notaries) and more than 400 employees, the firm, which has its origins in 1885, is one of the largest and most traditional law firms in Switzerland, with offices in Basel, Bern, Geneva, Lausanne, Lugano and Zurich, and representative offices in Binningen, Sion, Shanghai and Tokyo. Kellerhals Carrard is active throughout Switzerland, maintaining very strong local roots, whilst advising clients nationally and abroad. We advise and represent companies and entrepreneurs from all industries and economic sectors, public authorities, national and international organisations and private individuals before all judicial and administrative bodies nationally and abroad in practically all areas of the law. Our activities are focused on: • Company and corporate law, external legal department • Litigation, arbitration and insolvency law • M&A and capital markets law • Construction and real estate • Regulatory financial markets law, financial services, collective investments, leasing, insurance • IT/IP, distribution, competition and anti-trust law • International sports law • Tax • Public law • Employment and social insurance law • Commercial criminal law and international mutual assistance / compliance • Family and inheritance law for private customers • Notarial office We focus in particular on the areas of financial services, life sciences, IMT (Information, Technology and Media), sport, energy, real estate/construction as well as on trading and retail.

Welcome to Fabiano, Franke & MGT We are a consultancy firm, specialising in the field of industrial property that operates nationally in Switzerland and internationally. Our mission is to transform the intangible into the tangible, to help our clients create value from their ideas, their innovations, their distinctiveness. We realise that a complete understanding of our clients' ideas, inventions and business objectives, together with dedication to them, is essential to creating a valuable portfolio of industrial property rights. Therefore, we provide customised services to our clients, whether they are large industrial groups or small inventors. To realise our mission, we have built a partnership with some of the best intellectual property professionals working in Switzerland and Europe. We are, in fact, in partnership with Franke & Partner of Munich, the Torner & Juncosa I Associats of Barcelona, the Italian MGT (Milan, Novara, Perugia and Lecco) and have a network of correspondents that allows us to protect our clients' rights in all countries of the world. Welcome to Fabiano, Franke & MGT ! Our services specifically PATENTS → Study, preparation and filing of patent applications for invention in Switzerland and abroad → Continuation of proceedings up to the granting and subsequent defence of the acquired right → Opposition and appeal proceedings → Advising on the validity and infringement of patents → Prior art searches in international databases → Surveillance and reporting of competing patent rights → Validation of European patents in Switzerland and Italy → Assisting with and preparing assignment or licensing agreements → Continuation of proceedings up to the granting and subsequent defence of the right to purchase → Assistance in the development of new projects taking into account the presence of pre-existing rights → Assistance before Swiss, Italian and foreign courts → Assessing the commercial value of a patent or patent application TRADEMARKS → Study, preparation and filing of applications for Swiss, International, European and individual trademark registration in each country worldwide → Continuation of proceedings up to the grant and subsequent defence of the acquired right → Opposition proceedings against the granting of competing trademarks → Advising in connection with infringement problems with own or third-party trademarks → Searches for earlier, identical or similar trademarks nationally and internationally → Assistance in cases of assignments or licenses → Surveillance of trademarks registered and/or filed by third parties → Assessment of the commercial value of a trademark DESIGN → Study, preparation and filing of Swiss, international, European and individual design applications worldwide → Searches between national and international designs → Advice in connection with infringement or slavish imitation problems → Design transfers in Switzerland and abroad → Regular reporting of competitor designs COPYRIGHT → Studying, preparing and filing copyright applications with the Società Italiana Autori ed Editori (SIAE) for unpublished works, with the Literary Property Office for published works and with the Public Register for software → Advising on copyright infringement issues DOMAIN NAMES → Registration of domain names → Deadline management → Domain name disputes and defence → Reassignment Procedures *** Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)