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Copyrights, patents, data & know-how — protected.
"Your most valuable assets are often invisible — creative works, inventions and collective know-how. Book a call with me and my team and we'll help you protect them."
Thomas Kuster · Partner @ LEXR · Book your free call →
Trusted by tech companies across Switzerland
LEXR handled everything for us - from the founding of the company to licence agreements, service agreements and other contracts. Thomas and his team have always been very responsive. I usually had feedback within 2-3 days and was able to sit down with the client’s legal department very quickly.
Our collaboration with LEXR has been really close-knit. LEXR has proven to be an invaluable asset to startups like ours—agile, flexible, and swift in their operations, all while maintaining a high standard of quality. We rely on LEXR a lot, particularly for our commercial contracts, and have consistently found their services to be efficient and effective.
How we solve your challenges
In many sectors — especially for technology firms — your most valuable assets are the creative works, inventions and collective knowledge of your employees. There are various ways to protect those assets: some can be registered as patents, others are protected by copyright or contractual limitations, and sometimes it is best to keep knowledge as secret as possible. We help you protect your intellectual property, be it copyrighted works, data, designs, patentable inventions or superior know-how.
We offer training and workshops in many shapes and forms. We analyze your company's trade secret management, train your employees on how to deal with internal inventions, and consult on all intellectual property issues your business faces. Based on a thorough assessment and together with your key personnel, we develop and implement tailored internal guidelines to keep your company's intellectual property safe or license your valuable data or software in the right way.
From NDAs to know-how transfer agreements, from co-existence agreements to research and development contracts, our experts will provide you with all the necessary paperwork to best protect your intellectual property. Be it copyrighted software, invaluable datasets, or general know-how, we will tailor a comprehensive offer that meets your needs.
We consult on general patent topics and draft all necessary agreements your business needs. From negotiating R&D partnerships to the drafting of licensing agreements, we help you to manage your relationship with universities and industry partners. Together with external patent attorneys especially selected because of their technical know-how in your field of business, we research your invention's patentability, register your patents and monitor your portfolio or one of your competitors.
How we deliver IP, AI-amplified
Matter in
Brief us in plain language — we scope it and route it to the right specialist.
Intake < 4hAI does the heavy lifting
Our own AI stack drafts, reviews and cross-checks — inside privilege.
60% fewer draft cyclesSenior lawyer signs off
The specialist who built the strategy reviews and signs every output.
Thomas Kuster 
Audrey Canova 
Yoann Garraux Output delivered
On scope, on the quoted price — delivered into your workflow.
Scope and price are fixed in writing before we start — AI absorbs the lift, not your budget.
Our other IP services
One team across the full intellectual property spectrum — from workshops and consulting to patent filing and bespoke IP contracts.
Fee options
10h Package
CHF 3'000 (excl. VAT). Our top hourly rate (partner) is reduced to CHF 300 (from CHF 425). Hours do not lapse and can be used for advice in all legal areas.
Book your free call →20h Package
CHF 5'500 (excl. VAT). Our top hourly rate (partner) is reduced to CHF 275 (from CHF 425). Hours do not lapse and can be used for advice in all legal areas.
Book your free call →Why LEXR
Full-spectrum IP protection
From trade secrets and copyrights to patents and data rights — one team covers every IP asset your business holds. No need to coordinate multiple specialist firms.
Transparent, flexible pricing
Flat fees wherever the scope is clear; competitive hourly packages with reduced rates and no-lapse hours for complex or open-ended mandates. Full cost visibility, always.
Tech-sector expertise
We advise tech companies daily. We understand software IP, AI-generated works, data licensing and open-source obligations — and translate that expertise into practical, business-ready solutions.
IP FAQ
The questions tech founders and scale-ups ask us most about protecting their intellectual property.
For tech businesses, IP typically includes source code and software (copyright), datasets and databases (sui generis database rights or contractual protection), trade secrets and know-how (confidentiality), inventions (patents), and brand identifiers (trademarks). The right protection mechanism depends on the asset — we assess each category and recommend the best approach.
An NDA (non-disclosure agreement) protects confidential information shared during discussions — it prevents disclosure but transfers nothing. A know-how transfer agreement actually conveys the right to use specific knowledge or processes. If you are licensing your technology or entering an R&D partnership, you need both: an NDA for the negotiation phase and a transfer or licensing agreement for the ongoing relationship.
We advise on patent strategy, draft all surrounding agreements (R&D partnerships, licensing, assignment), and work alongside specialist patent attorneys selected for their technical background in your field. Together we research patentability, coordinate filing and keep your portfolio monitored.
In Switzerland and most of Europe, software as such is not patentable, but software-implemented inventions with a technical character may qualify. Copyright protects source code automatically from creation. Trade-secret law protects undisclosed algorithms and architecture. We assess your software stack and recommend the right combination — often copyright plus confidentiality agreements is the strongest and most cost-effective strategy.
A co-existence agreement is a contract between two parties with similar marks or IP rights, defining how each may use their respective assets without infringing the other. They are common when a trademark search reveals a conflicting earlier mark in an adjacent sector. Rather than litigation, co-existence agreements provide certainty and allow both parties to operate.
Wherever the scope is definable upfront — an NDA, a standard license agreement, a co-existence agreement — we quote a flat fee before we start. For complex or multi-phase mandates (patent portfolio work, bespoke R&D frameworks), we use competitive pre-paid hourly packages with reduced rates and no-lapse hours, giving you full cost control without surprise invoices.
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