Partner | Dr. sc. nat. ETH, Dipl. Biol., European and Swiss Patent Attorney
Dr. Alfred Köpf studied Biology at the University of Bayreuth, Germany and wrote his Diploma Thesis on the Chemical Ecology of Anthraquinones in leaf beetles. He joined the Masters Program in Entomology/Agriculture at the Kansas State University as a Fulbright scholar and came to the ETH Zürich for his PhD thesis on molecular evolution. Before he started his academic career, Alfred Köpf worked for several years as a CNC-lathe-worker and gained thereby practical experience in mechanical engineering. He has been active since several years in the public discussion about patentability of biological inventions (AIPPI Switzerland (Q 150 und Q159), Science et Cité, LES). Since 2003 Dr. Alfred Köpf is lecturing on patents at the Department of Chemistry and applied Biosciences (D-CHAB) of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology ETH Zürich. In 2011, he was elected by the Swiss Parliament to become a non-permanent judge of the newly established Swiss Federal Patent Court.
International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property
Institute of Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office
European Patent Litigators Association
Fédération Internationale des Conseils en Propriété Industrielle
International Bar Association
Swiss Association for Intellectual Property Law
Swiss Association of Judges
Association of European Patent Attorneys in Switzerland (private practise)
Association of Swiss Patent and Trademark Attorneys
European Practitioners in Intellectual Property
sic! 10/2023 (Textauszug, pdf)
Life Science Recht Nr. 2, 2023, S. 69–72 (Link zum Beitrag)
sic! 01/2023 (Textauszug, pdf)
Life Science Recht Nr. 1, 2023, S. 5–12 (Link zum Beitrag)
Life Science Recht Nr. 4, 2022, S. 243-250 (Link zum Beitrag)
sic! 06/2022 (Textauszug, pdf)
sic! 05/2022 (Textauszug, pdf)
Life Science Recht Nr. 4, 2021, S. 199–207 (Link zum Beitrag)
Life Science Recht Nr. 2, 2021, S. 71–80 (Link zum Beitrag)
sic! 05/2021 (Textauszug, pdf)
4. Aufl., Bern 2021
sic! 2020, 343 ff.
Life Science Recht Nr. 3, 2020, S. 168 ff.
Life Science Recht Nr.1 2020, 45-51
Life Science Recht Nr. 4, 2019, 262 ff.
sic! 2019, 7/8, S. 457 ff.
Life Science Recht Nr. 1, 2019, S. 64 ff.
Life Science Recht Nr. 2, 2018, S. 136 ff. (Link zum Beitrag)
sic! 2018, 500 ff.
Life Science Recht Nr. 1, 2018, S. 23 ff.
Life Science Recht Nr. 3, 2018, S. 213 ff.
in: KMU-Magazin Nr. 6, Juni 2016, S. 40 ff.
sic! 2015, 476 ff.
sic! 2009, 462 ff.