Peter Ling Partner
Attorney at Law, LL.M.

Peter Ling

Partner
Attorney at Law, LL.M.
+41 58 450 80 00
peter.ling@lenzstaehelin.com
Zurich
Brandschenkestrasse 24
CH-8027 Zurich
www.lenzstaehelin.com
  • Expertise

    Peter Ling is a partner specialising in intellectual property, unfair competition and life sciences law. He represents clients in litigation before Swiss courts and governmental authorities and in arbitration proceedings. Peter also advises on licensing and IP structuring transactions, and on strategic IP issues.  

    Peter is a regular contributor on intellectual property matters and a former guest author of the IPKat blog. A lecturer at the Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property, he is also a member of the board of the Licensing Executives Society Switzerland (LES-CH) and the co-chair of the Licensing Executives Society International (LESI)'s Technology Transfer Committee. Peter is also an active member of the International Trademark Association (INTA)'s Enforcement Committee and of the AIPPI's Standing Committee on TRIPS.

  • Practices

  • Professional Experience and Education

    and Education

    2020Partner, Lenz & Staehelin
    2010Joined Lenz & Staehelin
    2004-07University of Lausanne (Assistant of Prof. F. Dessemontet)
    2012-13Columbia Law School (LL.M., Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar)
    2010Swiss Bar Admission
    2004University of Fribourg i. Ue. (lic. iur.)
    2003Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg i. Br., Germany (visiting student)
  • Specialist Areas

    Intellectual Property, Unfair Competition, Licensing, Life Sciences, Healthcare, Contract Law, Litigation and Arbitration, Technology, Media & Telecoms
  • Languages

    German, French, English, Hungarian
  • Memberships

    Zurich Bar Association (ZAV), Swiss Bar Association (SAV), Center for Business Law of the University of Lausanne (CEDIDAC), Institut für Gewerblichen Rechtsschutz (INGRES), Licensing Executives Society Switzerland (LES-CH), International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI), Munich IP Dispute Resolution Forum (IPDR Forum), European Patent Lawyers' Association (EPLAW), International Trademark Association (INTA)
  • SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

    • England Paul, Burghart Sara, Ericsson Julia, Jacobacci Fabrizio, Krens Judith, Ling Peter, Madsen Klaus Ewald, Pochart François, Rättzén Mattias, Washbrook Michael, Wessendorf Nora E., A Practitioner's Guide to European Patent Law, Bloomsbury Academic, 2nd edition, 2023
    • Ling Peter, One does not simply upload a meme - Internet memes and the parody exemption in Europe, in: Developments and Directions in Intellectual Property Law, Bosher/Rosati (eds.), OUP 2023
    • Calame Thierry, Ling Peter, Life Sciences & Pharma IP Litigation 2023 - Switzerland: Law and Practice, in: Chambers Global Practice Guides, March 2023
    • Ling Peter, Antreasyan Sevan, Rusterholz Leo, Trabaldo Togna Federico, Digital Health 2023 - Switzerland, in: Getting the Deal Through, January 2023
    • Calame Thierry, Ling Peter, Trade Secrets 2022 - Switzerland: Law and Practice, in: Chambers Global Practice Guides, April 2022
    • Ling Peter, Abegg Barbara, Compulsory licensing in a (post) covid-19 world, in: IAM Life Sciences: Key issues for senior life sciences executives 2021, June 2021, 59-63
    • Calame Thierry, Ling Peter, Patent Enforcement in Switzerland, in: Patent Enforcement in Europe, European Patent Academy (ed.), 2020
    • Ling Peter, Bigler M., Ingold M., Oertli R., Staub R., AIPPI Q275 - Standing to Litigate and Effect on Remedies, Report of the Swiss Group, in: sic! 11/2020, 667 et seqq.
    • Ling Peter, Abegg Barbara, Life sciences battlefields - hot litigation topics in Switzerland, in: IAM Life Sciences: Key issues for senior life sciences executives 2020, May 2020, 83-89
    • Ling Peter, Collaboration and compromise: the amended Swiss Copyright Act, in: World Intellectual Property Review (WIPR), April 6, 2020
    • Ling Peter, Licensing 2020 - Switzerland, in: Getting the Deal Through, February 2020, 121-129
    • Ling Peter, EU General Court considers 'MARRY ME' descriptive for online dating, in: JIPLP 2019, 592
    • Ling Peter, Young ICCA - WIPO Seminar on IP Arbitration, in: ArbitralWomen Newsletter, Issue 32, April 2019, 10
    • Ling Peter, The New Medical Activity Exemption in the Swiss Patent Act, in: LSR 2018/4
    • Ling Peter, UPC - Hungarian Constitutional Complaint, Guest report in the IPKat Blog, 5 July 2018
    • Ling Peter, Die Substanziierungslast bei Stufenklagen - Neues aus dem Bundesgericht, in: LSR 2018, 102 et seqq.
    • Ling Peter, Patentability of Computer-Implemented Inventions - Report of Swiss Group, in: sic! 2017, 672 (with S. Billi, A. Gygi, T. Kretschmer, P. Pliska, S. Ragot, B. Rauber, C. Rieder, H. Spillmann, S. Strässle, M. Zardi)
    • Ling Peter, Optimizing Environmental Technology Diffusion under Intellectual Property Constraints: a Legal Analysis (book report on the doctoral thesis of S. Chuffart-Finsterwald), in: sic! 2017, 322 et seq.
    • Ling Peter, Security Interests over Intellectual Property - Report of Swiss Group, in: sic! 2016, 20 et seqq. (with N. Benz, A. Detken, M. Naef, M. Koller, M. Wang)
    • Ling Peter, Exhaustion Issues in Copyright Law - Report of Swiss Group, in: sic! 2014, 580 (with N. Benz, U. In-Albon, T. Kretschmer, A. Menn, R. Oertli, G. Rauber, C. Raymann)
    • Calame Thierry, Ling Peter, Copyright Litigation, in: Jurisdictional Comparisons, 2nd edition, Switzerland Chapter, 2014
    • Ling Peter, Publicité évènementielle et réseaux sociaux - perspectives réglementaires suisses, in: GesKR (Gesellschafts- und Kapitalmarktrecht) 4/2013, 579 et seqq.
    • Ling Peter, US Supreme Court erklärt Patente auf isolierte DNA für ungültig, in: sic! 12/2013, 781 et seqq.
    • Ling Peter, Art. 22, 22a, 22b, 22c, 23 and 24b of the Swiss Copyright Act, in: De Werra J., Gilliéron P., Commentaire romand de la propriété intellectuelle (Commentary of Swiss IP Law), Basel 2013
    • Ling Peter, Abweichung der internationalen Registrierung von der Basismarke: Das Spannungsfeld zwischen dem Schutzumfang internationaler Marken und dem Schutz gutgläubiger Dritter, in: sic! 2009, 673
    • Ling Peter, Résiliation du bail et droit au logement en droit suisse, in: Besson S. et al. (eds.), Human Rights at the Center, Zurich 2006, 653 et seqq.
    • Ling Peter, Les successions dans les entreprises, Lausanne 2006
    • Portmann U., Ling Peter, Le partage de fichiers en ligne après l'arrêt Grokster et dans le projet de révision de la LDA, in: Bulletin CEDIDAC Nr. 43, October 2005
    • Gilliéron P., Ling Peter, Les accords de distribution, Lausanne 2005
    • Götz von Olenhusen A., Ling Peter, Parodie und Urheberrechtsverletzung in der Schweiz und in Deutschland, insbesondere im Bereich der bildenden Künste, in: UFITA 2003, 695
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  • References

    Peter Ling is rigorous and has good communication and creative problem-solving skills. He is able to analyse quickly and synthesise legal issues including complex technical matters.

    Chambers, 2023

    Peter is excellent in negotiations.

    Who's Who Legal, 2023

    A great communicator with an exceptional understanding of the field. He is insightful, strategic and offers new ways to look at existing problems.

    WTR 1000, 2022

    Among the best in field

    Legal 500, 2020

    He’s still young but very experienced, and he leverages his knowledge extremely well. In ten years he’ll be a huge name in Swiss IP.

    IAM Patent 1000, 2019

Peter Ling is rigorous and has good communication and creative problem-solving skills. He is able to analyse quickly and synthesise legal issues including complex technical matters.

Chambers, 2023

Peter is excellent in negotiations.

Who's Who Legal, 2023

A great communicator with an exceptional understanding of the field. He is insightful, strategic and offers new ways to look at existing problems.

WTR 1000, 2022

Among the best in field

Legal 500, 2020

He’s still young but very experienced, and he leverages his knowledge extremely well. In ten years he’ll be a huge name in Swiss IP.

IAM Patent 1000, 2019

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  • 01 Jun 2023

    One does not simply upload a meme - Internet memes and the parody exemption in Europe

    in: Developments and Directions in Intellectual Property Law, Bosher/Rosati (eds.), OUP 2023

  • 01 Jun 2023

    A Practitioner's Guide to European Patent Law

    Bloomsbury Academic, 2nd edition, 2023