Christophe Saam has a degree in electronic engineering from EPFL, and a degree in European patent litigation from the University of Strasbourg.  He is a Swiss and European Patent Attorney and a UP representative.

After finishing his studies in 1990, Christophe Saam was in charge of research at a start-up that develops photolithographic machines for integrated circuits based on holograms. He then joined the European Patent Office in Berlin, where he worked for four years as a patent examiner. During this time, he became familiar with intellectual property law and perfected on-line search techniques. He forged relationships with other examiners and became familiar with the workings of this organism.  His main field of research was signal coding, error coding and compression of digital data.

In 1994 he left the EPO to join an intellectual property firm in Bern as a patent attorney.  After qualifying as European Patent Attorney in 1998, he took a training course in Washington DC on American patent law. That same year he set up the patent attorney firm P&TS in Neuchâtel of which he is still the CEO. P&TS experienced dramatic growth and quickly became an important player in the intellectual property scene in Switzerland.  In 2014, the company won the Prix de l’Entreprise Romande (Prix SVC) which rewards the most dynamic companies – in all fields of activity.   In 2015, Christophe Saam featured among the nominees for the EY prize – Entrepreneur of the Year in Switzerland.

Christophe Saam’s main areas of expertise within P&TS are the prosecution and litigation of patents in electronics, software, micro-technics and watch-making; oppositions and appeals before the EPO; negotiation of licences; complex case studies of freedom-to-operate and of patentability; and patent litigation.

Christophe Saam was appointed by the Swiss Federal Assembly as deputy judge to the Swiss Federal Patent Court..

Who’s Who Legal international says ” Christophe Saam comes highly recommended as a key player in the Swiss market, boasting a wealth of expertise on a wide range of matters relating to technology patents.”

In 2025, IP Stars, the prestigious publication specializing in Intellectual Property, spotlighted Christophe Saam as one IP Star. He is considered by IAM to be one of the “300 World’s Leading IP Strategists.”

In his spare time, Christophe likes to do photographic reports in remote, unexplored areas of the planet.

Born in 1967 in Neuchâtel (Switzerland). Married, two children. Languages: French, English, German.

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Commentaire Romand de la Propriété Intellectuelle, Helbing Lichtenhahn Verlag, Basel, 2013, commentaires sur les articles 51,52,55,109-11, 121-124