Ralph Nack
Rechtsanwalt (Lawyer), Partner
Intellectual Property
Life Sciences
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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 licensing, especially regarding standard-essential patents (SEP FRAND licensing). His practice focuses on the areas of electronics, telecommunications, mechanical engineering and pharmaceuticals.
Projects
- Defense of a globally leading smartphone manufacturer in a standard-essential patent litigation in the field of voice coding, including FRAND defense and FRAND determination action
- Defense of a global smartphone manufacturer in a standard-essential patent litigation in the field of video coding, including FRAND defense
- Pan-European enforcement of a patent related to digital image overlaying in the field of sports advertising against a competitor
- Pan-European enforcement of a comprehensive patent portfolio related to network security against a various competitors
Career
- Legal studies at the University of Heidelberg, University of Munich, Todai University Tokyo (Japan) and the University of Washington 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 focusing on patent law in Munich; secondment to the firm's Beijing office
- At Noerr since 2010
- Admitted to the Munich Bar Association
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)
- President of patentdecisions.de
- Observer at the Asian Patent Attorneys Association (APAA)
- Board of trustees at Munich Intellectual Property Law Centre (MIPLC)
Lectures
- Visiting lecturer at the Munich Intellectual Property Law Centre (MIPLC)
Publications
- (Nack/Picht/Zigann) Beck Online Commentary on the UPC
- Latest Developments in the SEP Landscape – Is FRAND more than just Willingness? LES Japan News, Vol. 63
- (Kühne/Nack) Handbook Connected Cars
- The Power Balance Between SEP Owners and Implementers in SEP/FRAND Litigation in Europe, Journal of the Japan Intellectual Property Association, Vol. 17
- (Haedicke/Timmann) Patent Law Handbook, § 2 (Patentability)