Dr. Marco Neeser
Marco Neeser has extensive experience in the entertainment and media sector (music and film industry, electronic media, new technologies and business models, e-commerce, advertising, licensing, and publishing, etc.) due to his many years of professional practice. His clients include in particular music, game, and film producers, recording companies, publishers, media companies, artists, advertising, and design agencies as well as start-ups and established companies in the media and technology sector. He practices primarily in the areas of copyright law, licensing law, trademark law, media law, corporate law, and general contract law. Marco Neeser obtained his doctorate from the University of Zurich with his comparative law dissertation on the topic of artists' contracts in the music industry and has been involved in numerous music projects and companies in the entertainment and technology sector.
Career
since 2023
Partner at Uto Legal
2008-2023
IP-INTELLIGENCE Attorneys at Law (Founder)
2004-2008
Partner at FSDZ Attorneys at Law, Zurich
2001-2003
Associate at FSDZ Attorneys at Law, Zurich
1998-2001
1st year associate at a Zurich law firm with a focus on media and copyright law
Education
2011
Doctorate Ph.D./Dr. iur., University of Zurich (magna cum laude)
2003-2004
Studies in New York
2001
Admitted to the Bar of the Canton of Zurich
1992-1998
Law studies at the Universities of Zurich, lic. iur. (magna cum laude)
Memberships
Zurich Bar Association (ZAV) and Swiss Bar Association (SAV)
Swiss Forum for Communications Law (SF-FS)
Languages
German, English
Marco Neeser has extensive experience in the entertainment and media sector (music and film industry, electronic media, new technologies and business models, e-commerce, advertising, licensing, and publishing, etc.) due to his many years of professional practice. His clients include in particular music, game, and film producers, recording companies, publishers, media companies, artists, advertising, and design agencies as well as start-ups and established companies in the media and technology sector. He practices primarily in the areas of copyright law, licensing law, trademark law, media law, corporate law, and general contract law. Marco Neeser obtained his doctorate from the University of Zurich with his comparative law dissertation on the topic of artists' contracts in the music industry and has been involved in numerous music projects and companies in the entertainment and technology sector.
Career
since 2023
Partner at Uto Legal
2008-2023
IP-INTELLIGENCE Attorneys at Law (Founder)
2004-2008
Partner at FSDZ Attorneys at Law, Zurich
2001-2003
Associate at FSDZ Attorneys at Law, Zurich
1998-2001
1st year associate at a Zurich law firm with a focus on media and copyright law
Education
2011
Doctorate Ph.D./Dr. iur., University of Zurich (magna cum laude)
2003-2004
Studies in New York
2001
Admitted to the Bar of the Canton of Zurich
1992-1998
Law studies at the Universities of Zurich, lic. iur. (magna cum laude)
Memberships
Zurich Bar Association (ZAV) and Swiss Bar Association (SAV)
Swiss Forum for Communications Law (SF-FS)
Languages
German, English