Dieter Brändle

Dr. iur. Dr. h.c. Dieter Brändle serves as an arbitrator and practices as an attorney with a focus on intellectual property (patents in particular) as well as on commercial law and contracts.

He was president of the Federal Patent Court from 2011 to 2017.

Before that he was assigned to the Commercial Court of the Canton of Zurich.

Furthermore, he has been teaching for many years at ETH Zurich (postgraduate course on intellectual property), the Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property (preparatory course for admission as patent attorneys), and the European Patent Academy (training for judges).

In 2022, he was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Bern.

Dr. iur. Dr. h.c. Dieter Brändle has been admitted to all Swiss courts since 1980.

He speaks German, English and French.

• Nächstliegender Stand der Technik – von Bedeutung im Zivilprozess? Festschrift für Peter Meier-Beck, GRUR 2021
• Eidgenössisches Patentgericht erster Instanz – Fluch oder Segen? Festschrift für Gert Kolle und Dieter Stauder, 2005
• Der Weg zum Vergleich im Patentprozess, Festschrift für Rüdiger Rogge, GRUR 2001
• Kann und darf Auslegung und Ermittlung des Schutzbereichs eines europäischen Patents in verschiedenen Ländern zu unterschiedlichen Ergebnissen führen? GRUR 1998
• Vorbehalte und auslegende Erklärungen zur europäischen Menschenrechtskonvention, PhD thesis 1978.