Ralph Nack
Rechtsanwalt (Lawyer), Partner
Intellectual Property
Life Sciences
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)