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Andri Hess is a partner and a member of Homburger’s IP / IT, Litigation and Arbitration, and Competition and Regulatory practice teams. He has extensive experience in representing clients in patent and other intellectual property rights related litigation and arbitration in a broad range of technical and industrial fields and within international contexts, as well as in negotiating and drafting intellectual property rights related contracts. Andri Hess also represents clients in pharma regulatory matters.

Andri Hess is a partner and a member of Homburger’s IP / IT, Litigation and Arbitration, and Competition and Regulatory practice teams. He has extensive experience in representing clients in patent and other intellectual property rights related litigation and arbitration in a broad range of technical and industrial fields and within international contexts, as well as in negotiating and drafting intellectual property rights related contracts. Andri Hess also represents clients in pharma regulatory matters.

2009
Partner at Homburger
2003
University of Virginia (LL.M.)
2000
University of Zurich (Dr. iur.)
1999
Associate at Homburger
1998
Bar admission
1995
University of Zurich (lic. iur.)

Andri Hess was praised for his patent litigation skills and transactional capabilities.

2025

Andri Hess is a prominent character in the Swiss patent landscape. His advice is concise and based on reflections capturing multiple potential scenarios. He is striving to be at least one step ahead.

2024

Honest, easy to reach and to communicate with. Great understanding of the industry and efficient.

2024

Excellent patent litigation leader Hess’s arsenal of skills prominently includes international scale IP disputes as well as the negotiation and drafting of IP rights related contracts.

2024

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Andri Hess

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Andri Hess is a partner and a member of Homburger’s IP / IT, Litigation and Arbitration, and Competition and Regulatory practice teams. He has extensive experience in representing clients in patent and other intellectual property rights related litigation and arbitration in a broad range of technical and industrial fields and within international contexts, as well as in negotiating and drafting intellectual property rights related contracts. Andri Hess also represents clients in pharma regulatory matters.

Andri Hess is authorized to represent clients before all Swiss courts as well as the Unified Patent Court (UPC).

Andri Hess is a board member of the Swiss group of AIPPI (Association Internationale pour la Protection de la Propriété Intellectuelle) and a member of the Standing Committee on Client Attorney Privilege of AIPPI International. Moreover, he is a member of ASA (Swiss Arbitration Association), GRUR (Deutsche Vereinigung für gewerblichen Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht e.V.), INGRES (Institut für gewerblichen Rechtsschutz) as well as of the Zurich and Swiss Bar Associations.

Andri Hess is editor of the only commentary of the Swiss Federal Act on the Federal Patent Court. Aside of this, he published numerous articles in various intellectual property and especially in patent rights related topics, regularly holds presentations before Swiss and international professional associations, and he teaches at the Federal Institute of Intellectual Property (training course for the Swiss Patent Bar exam).

Andri Hess is elected associate judge at the Swiss Federal Patent Court. He is fluent in German and English.

Career

2009
Partner at Homburger
2003
University of Virginia (LL.M.)
2000
University of Zurich (Dr. iur.)
1999
Associate at Homburger
1998
Bar admission
1995
University of Zurich (lic. iur.)

Languages

English, German

Bar Registration

Admitted to the Swiss bar
Registered representative at the Unified Patent Court (UPC)

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