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Vice Director General and Head of the Patent Division

Marcus Ehnle
Born 1969, at the IPI since 2023
Geophysicist; MLaw; Swiss patent attorney; patent assessor (Deutscher Patentassessor)
Professional experience
- Vice Director General and Head of the Patent Division
- Director of Intellectual Property, Head of Group Intellectual Property at Mann + Hummel GmbH, Ludwigsburg
- Head of Group Intellectual Property at Bobst Mex SA, Lausanne
- Patent attorney at Inventio AG, Hergiswil, and Siemens AG, Zug and Munich
News
30.04.2025 | Patents, Media release, Law and policy
Patents Ordinance to be adapted and mod-ernised in line with revised Patents Act
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24.02.2025 | Media release
Federal Council elected Vincenza Trivigno to the IPI’s Institute Council
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20.02.2025 | Law and policy, Copyright
AI regulation in Switzerland: Federal Council chooses a sectoral approach
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