PGA Intellectual Property is a renowned international Firm, with Swiss offices in Lugano and Stabio, that provides a wide range of services in the field of Intellectual and Industrial Property, offering professional advice in patent, trademark and design matters with a highly specialized team of 20 professionals experienced in different areas of technology and a total staff of 40 specialists. PGA is present and operates directly in Switzerland, in front of the Federal Institute of Intellectual Property (IGE/IPI) and in Italy in front of the Italian Patent and Trademark Office (UIBM), as well as at European level in front of the European Patent Office (EPO) and of the European Union Office for Intellectual Property (EUIPO). PGA also protects the patents, trademarks and designs of its Clients throughout the world relying on a well-established network of local agents of proven reliability and quality. The Firm offers a unique combination of Patent, Trademark and Design Attorneys providing a complete range of IP services, such as prior art searches, drafting of technical and legal opinions, definition of protection strategies, drafting and filing of patent, trademark and design applications and prosecution of such IP rights throughout the world and management of related administrative and judicial disputes. The technical expertise, the legal experience and the international perspective make PGA a unique point of reference in the European market for the high quality of the services provided and the ability to adapt to Clients’ needs.

Based in Yverdon-les-Bains since 2014, the law firm BLOCH AVOCATS takes care of your SMEs, companies, businesses in the North Vaud region, the Broye, as well as Lausanne and the surrounding area. Our law firm is specialized in corporate, contract and commercial law, as well as banking and financial market law. Our law firm also offers its services in the fields of real estate and property law, as well as in the support for individuals and private clients (as marital difficulties, divorces, inheritance, road traffic law, victim support according to federal law on assistance to victims of crime). Founder and managing partner of the law firm BLOCH AVOCATS, Olivier Bloch, Esq. has been practicing in these different fields for about twenty years. He holds a doctorate in law from the University of Lausanne and a postgraduate degree in European law from the University of Bremen in Germany (LL.M.). He regularly gives conferences and courses, and publishes articles in his areas of expertise. He has an excellent knowledge of local and regional institutions while benefiting from a strong, solid and important national and international network. Mr. Olivier Bloch was joined in 2018 by Mr. Raphaël Hämmerli, Esq., associate attorney, and in 2022 by Mrs Arielle Meylan, legal trainee. The team thus formed is committed to putting all its skills at your service and to accompany you in your legal projects and operations. Based in the city center of Yverdon-les-Bains, the law firm BLOCH AVOCATS offers easy access to its clients. www.blochavocats.com