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• STADA and SBP Group Launch Biosimilars Partnership

  STADA and Sino Biopharmaceutical Limited (“SBP Group”), through its subsidiary Chia Tai Tianqing Pharmaceutical Group (“CTTQ”), have entered into a partnership to manufacture, market, and sell biosimilars. CTTQ will develop, manufacture, and supply biosimilar candidates, while STADA will hold the marketing authorizations and have exclusive sales and marketing rights in the European Union, Switzerland, the...

• Swiss scientists reveal Listeria trends

  An analysis of Listeria in Switzerland covering six years has revealed several outbreaks and sporadic cases connected to international incidents. Researchers collected 335 Listeria monocytogenes isolates from cases of listeriosis occurring in Switzerland between 2019 and 2024. They have recently published the results and said they show the importance of implementing whole genome sequencing for routine Listeria monocytogenes...

• Sustainability law developments relevant to public companies

  The April issue of our monthly newsletter Horizon is now available. Learn more about an array of fresh developments in sustainability law, among them: Read this issue here.

• [Guest Post] Ceci n’est pas du Gruyère: Swiss origin claims and how to deal with them

  The IPKat has received and is pleased to host this guest contribution from Katfriend Federica Pezza, who explores the legal framework governing Swiss origin claims in Switzerland and the EU. Ceci n’est pas du Gruyère: Swiss origin claims and how to deal with them by Federica Pezza Switzerland means luxury watches, chocolate and cows, fondue...

• The ECtHR’s Climate Jurisprudence in 2025: Grappling with Fossil Fuels, Rejecting Extraterritorial Jurisdiction, and Still no Victim Status

  A Year of Climate Rulings Handing down no less than five climate rulings in 2025, the European Court of Human Rights (“the ECtHR”) has been busy deciding the backlog of cases it had adjourned in 2023, while it dealt with three other climate cases pending before the Grand Chamber at that time (Verein KlimaSeniorinnen Schweiz...

• [Guest Post] What the Inari vs. Corteva case really tells us about enablement of plant inventions

  The IPKat has received and is pleased to host this guest contribution from Dr. Michael A. Kock (Dr.rer.nat., Dr. jur European Patent Attorney, Swiss Patent Attorney; dr.kock consulting, Basel, Switzerland; Senior Vice President and Innovation Catalyst, Inari). He looks more closely at the Inari v. Corteva case in the United States to clarify the significance of...

• Pérez-Llorca advises Impag on Comindex acquisition

  Pérez-Llorca has advised Impag Group on the acquisition of Spanish company Comindex. With this transaction, Impag Group continues its strategy of growth and targeted expansion across Europe. The transaction was signed in December 2025, and is expected to close in the first quarter of 2026, subject to customary closing conditions. Impag Group, headquartered in Zurich...

• Blockchain and AI Synergized for Smarter Finance

  Davos, Switzerland: QuantumFAI Conference The panel on “Blockchain AI for Trusted Identity, Data Integrity, and Smarter Finance” provided a compelling look into the practical convergence of two of the most transformative technologies of our time. Moderated by Guido Schmitz-Krummacher, the discussion featured insights from Sandy Carter of Unstoppable, futurist Joseph Raczynski, Panos Skliamis of SPIN...

• Meta, AI is a Group Sport

  Davos, Switzerland: Axios House Of all the strategic moves in the tech world, Meta’s appointment of Dina Powell McCormack as President and Vice Chairman is one of the most telling. From a technologist’s perspective, her session at Davos felt less like a product roadmap and more like the unveiling of a new, and arguably more...

• A Call for Clean Water with Matt Damon

  Davos, Switzerland: Axios House With all the pitches one expects to hear amidst the rarefied air of Davos, a business plan from Jason Bourne probably isn’t one of them. Yet, there on stage was Matt Damon, alongside his co-founder Gary White, not to promote a film, but to deconstruct a global crisis with the precision...

Featured documents

• Gender and the Law

  The University of Lucerne Faculty of Law in Switzerland hosted the second workshop on “Global Approaches to Gender and Law” last week.  The workshop was well organized (but really, what else would you expect from Switzerland) and brought together professors and scholars from around the world.   The ...

• Switzerland Eases Sanctions Policy on Iran

  Switzerland’s Federal Council followed suit in easing its sanctions policy against Iran, demonstrating “its support for the implementation of the nuclear agreement and its interest in deepening bilateral relations with Iran”. It aligned its existing sanctions regime to the EU rules, including...

• Springtime in Lucerne

  The D&O Diary is on assignment in Europe this week, with a first stop in the Swiss city of Lucerne (or Luzern as it is known to the locals). I had meetings there on Thursday and Friday and then I was fortunate to spend the weekend there as well. I say “fortunate” because the weather......

• Switzerland Narrowly Rejects Novel ‘Responsible Business Initiative’ on Multinational Corporation Environmental- and Human Rights-Based Liability

  On November 29, Voters in Switzerland narrowly rejected the “Responsible Business Initiative” (RBI), which would have extended liability to multinational corporations and their subsidiaries and suppliers for noncompliance with international environmental and human rights standards, not just in...

• Swiss checks find contaminated fruit salads

  Listeria and coagulase-positive Staphylococci have been found during inspections of fruit salads in Switzerland, according to the Swiss Association of Cantonal Chemists (ACCS). Cantonal chemists analyzed the microbiological quality of fruit salads by taking 205 samples.                              ...

• Swiss voters reject proposed tax on super rich

  [Special thanks to Joel C. Dobris (Professor of Law, UC Davis School of Law) for bringing this article to my attention.] Switzerland on Sunday overwhelmingly rejected a proposed 50% tax on inherited fortunes of 50 million Swiss francs ($62 million) or more, with 78% of votes against the plan, an...

• Swiss government changes military service contract

  The Swiss government is changing the terms in the employment contracts of its career soldiers, to provide that they must go abroad if ordered to do so. Switzerland apparently has previously marketed its army to volunteers as not requiring that soliders ever serve outside Swiss borders. Swiss have...

• Mother Transfers E. coli to Son During Delivery

  The first reported case of human illness from E. coli O146:H28 was recorded this year in Switzerland in a two-day-old boy. While this strain of E. coli was known to be pathogenic because it produces Shiga toxins,  it had not previously produced symptoms in infected humans. Researchers speculate...

• Dance Your PhD!

  From Science this week, here’s the lead in to the story: “When Florence Metz turned in her Ph.D. thesis on water protection policy this year at the University of Bern in Switzerland, she thought her work was done. But then a friend sent her an email with congratulations and an order: “Dance your Ph....

• April in Zurich

  The D&O Diary’s European assignment continued this week with a stop in Zurich, Switzerland’s largest city and one of the world’s leading financial centers, for meetings and an event there. I was fortunate that the beautiful weather I enjoyed in Lucerne followed me to Zurich. Even though I had many...