Zürich Metropolitan Area
Kurt Sutter is a senior patent attorney at E. Blum & Co. AG, Zürich, a judge at the Swiss Federal Patent Court, and an Innosuisse IP Coach. Passionate about technology, he has studied physics and mathematics at the Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich and earned a PhD at the Institute of Quantum Electronics in electro-optics. His primary fields of expertise are patent prosecution and litigation in the fields of electronics, optics, computer hard- and software, AI, telecommunication, physics, mechanics, and others. He is also involved in educational work and lectureship on patent law. Other fields of expertise include copyright issues related to AI He is fluent in German, English, Python, and in various dialects of C.
Expert opinions and litigation work in patent infringement and invalidity cases. Drafting and prosecution of patent applications. Counseling of clients in patent matters and IP strategy.
Advising startups in IP strategy, in particular patent strategy in the fields of IT, physics, electronics, med tech and mechanics.
Research in optics, laser physics, and materials science.