Philippe Probst
Education and Career to date
| 1980–1988 | Studies at the University of St. Gallen and University of Bern, concluding with the Canton of Berne Bar examinations |
| 1988–1990 | Schwarz Film Technik AG |
| 1990–1992 | Law firm specialising in media law |
| 1992–1993 | University of Saarbrücken (LL.M.Eur.) |
| 1993–1994 | Direction Générale XII, Brussels |
| 1994–1996 | Assistant to the Institute for European and International Economic Law, Bern |
| Since 1994 | Director of the Association of Swiss technical Industries for Film, Video and Sound |
| Since 1995 | Partner, Law Offices of FMP Fuhrer Marbach & Partners |
| Since 1995 | Lecturer at various continuing education facilities for media and communications law (Certificate of Advanced Studies, marketing and sales managers, PR counselors) |
| Since 1996 | Examiner for the Federal Professional Examinations for Communications Managers |
| Since 2003 | Lecturer at the University of Applied Sciences in Business Administration HWZ Zurich (Commercial Communication Law) |
| 2006-2014 | Member of the Federal Film Commission |
| Since 2010 | Board Member of Cinésuisse (umbrella association of the Swiss film and audiovision industry) |
| Since 2013 | Member of the „Anti Counterfeiting Committee“ of the European Communties Trademark Association (ECTA) |
| Since 2014 | Member of the “Unfair Competition Committee” of MARQUES (Association of European Trade Mark Owners) |
Memberships
Bar Associations of Bern and Switzerland
INGRES (Institute for Industrial Property Law)
INTA (International Trademark Association)
ECTA (European Communities Trademark Association)
AIPPI (International Association for the Protection of Industrial Property)
MARQUES (Association of European Trade Mark Owners)
Languages
German, English, French
Main Fields of Activity
Intellectual property law
Media-, Communication,- Internet-, social media- and IT-law
Advertising & commercial communication law
Copyright law
Unfair competition law
Trademark law and law relating to labelling and branding
Personal rights and privacy law
Commercial and contract law
Publications and selected Presentations
Recht in Marketing und Kommunikation, Co-author and Co-publisher for all edtions (1999 - 2015)
Contributing editor of the magazine sic! for Intellectual property law, information law and competition law since 2003
Contribution for the online publication of the International Trademark Association INTA „Trademark Cancellations in Switzerland“ (2014)
Presentation «IP-Rights in advertising und communication» (Lecture Series ip@6, 2011)
Guest presentation University of Bern «Law of commerical communication» (in association with lectures on communications and marketing management, 2005-2007)
Presentation «Product Placement - commercial communication with a big impact» (Economy Counselling Cluster Bern-Espace Mittelland, 2007)
Presentation « Lottery games» (Conference on advertising law, Universitiy of Neuchatel, 2002)
Award
Hans-Werner-Osthoff-Award 1995 (University of the Saarland) for Master’s thesis «Die Bedeutung von Art. 10 EMRK für die Rundfunkordnung in Europa»