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Lawyer: Rolf Auf der
Maur (VISCHER)
Status: Member since 2006
E-mail: ram@vischer.com
Rolf Auf der Maur is a partner at VISCHER, where he is head of the
IP/IT practice group. He studied at Zurich
University and University of California,
Los Angeles
(UCLA) and published his thesis in the area of copyright law.
Before beginning his career as a lawyer which started in 1991, he
was an entrepreneur in the IT sector and a journalist. As early as 1994, he
started advising clients on internet-related legal matters. The global
communication network and the converging industries (IT, media and
telecommunications) have remained his core interests and practice areas
until today.
Rolf Auf der Maur advises leading international and Swiss
corporations in the media, telecommunications and IT sectors in litigious
and non-litigious matters as well as in regulatory affairs. A particular
focus is on complex IT projects and outsourcing as well as strategic advice
for the exploitation of intellectual property in electronic and
online-media.
Rolf Auf der Maur is a member of the executive board of the simsa
swiss interactive media and software association (the Swiss internet
industry organization) and the International Association of Entertainment
Lawyers. He is the Vice-Chair of the Technology Law Committee of the
International Bar Association. He speaks and publishes regularly on IT and
media related legal issues and takes part actively in the further
development of the Swiss regulatory environment for the converging
industries.
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