- German and international patent litigation
- Licensing agreements, patent monetisation
- Freedom to operate (FTO)
- Technology transactions
- IP-based financing solutions, securitisation
- R&D agreements
- Employees' invention law
- Patent strategy
- Supplementary potection certificates (SPCs)
- Regulatory pharma law
- Chinese patent law
Dr Ralph Nack
Rechtsanwalt
Partner
Practice Group: Intellectual Property
Practice Group: Healthcare
Ralph Nack is an expert on complex issues of patent law. He advises German and international clients primarily in patent litigation and in nullity and opposition proceedings. He is a leading international expert in patent monetisation (exploitation) and licensing. His practice focuses on the areas of electronics, telecommunications, mechanical engineering and pharmaceuticals
Ralph is a visiting lecturer in patent law at the University of Heidelberg.
Expertise
Career
- Legal studies at the University of Heidelberg, University of Munich, Todai University Tokyo (Japan) and the University ofWashington DC (USA)
- Research assistant at the Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property
- Program Director of the Munich Intellectual Property Law Centre
- Practice with an international law firm focussing on patent law in Munich; secondment to the firm's Beijing office
- At Noerr since 2010
- Admitted to the Munich Bar Association
Selected Projects
- Market leader in ultrasonic welding: Advising the companya market leader in ultrasonic welding on patent enforcement in China (2017-2018)
- Patent holder: Advising on licensing and enforcement of various patents related to cloud-based internet solutions (2017-2018)
- Leading drug manufacturer: Representing the client in preliminary injunction proceedings re-lating to a supplementary protection certificate for an HIV drug (2017-2018)
- Leading hifi equipment manufacturer: Representing the company in various patent infringe-ment proceedings relating to standard essential patents (2017-2018)
- MP3 licensor: Advising the market leader in MP3 technology licensing in a global patent li-censing dispute (2017-date)
Memberships
- Global board of directors of the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI)
- Standing Committee on Patent Law of the German Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (GRUR)
- Licensing Executives Society (LES)
- Federal Circuit Bar Association (FCBA)
- Board Member of patentdecisions.de
- Observer at the Asian Patent Attorneys Association (APAA)
- Board of trustees at Munich Intellectual Property Law Centre (MIPLC)
Selected Publications
- Patent Law Handbook, § 2 (Patentability), ed. by Haedicke/Timmann
- The invention requirement - a legislative flaw? GRUR 2014, 148
- Data exclusivity for pharmaceutical products - an unrecognized intellectual property right? GRUR Int. 2018, 1152