Dr. Alexander Klicznik, Dipl.-Phys.
Partner/Patent Attorney Intellectual Property, Media, and Technology
Languages
English, German
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IAM Patent 1000, 2017/2018"He’s very client-friendly and accommodating too, responding promptly to all communications, listening closely to what he’s told and working exceedingly well with in-house legal and technical teams."
Dr Alexander Klicznik represents clients both in patent infringement proceedings and validity proceedings. He conducts numerous proceedings before the UPC (in particular also revocation counterclaim proceedings), nullity actions before the Federal Patent Court and opposition proceedings before the European or German Patent Office as well as infringement proceedings before the German infringement courts. He has also argued several nullity appeal cases before the Federal Supreme Court. Thanks to his dual qualification as an attorney-at-law and as a European Patent Attorney (physics), he advises in particular on proceedings with high technical complexity in the fields of medical devices, medical physics, telecommunications, mobile communications (including mobile phone standards), data compression, pharmaceuticals, chemistry, biotechnology, solid state physics, computer hardware and software, optical devices and mechanics.
Alexander Klicznik has been focusing on patents since 1999 (initially in the field of research and teaching at the Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property in Munich, since 2004 as a German attorney-at-law dedicated to patent litigation, subsequently also as a European Patent Attorney and since 2023 as a representative before the UPC). He is one of the few dual-qualified attorneys/patent attorneys in Germany who is recommended for both infringement actions and nullity actions (IAM Patent 1000; Legal 500).
In addition to litigation, Alexander Klicznik is also a lecturer for nullity proceedings, opposition proceedings and proceedings before the Unified Patent Court in the Intellectual Property LL.M. programme at the University of Düsseldorf.
During his previous studies in physics, Alexander Klicznik worked on magnetic atomic force microscopy on magnetic thin films, NMR spectroscopy and the programming of software to read and analyse an extensive database as part of an experimental determination of the magnetic form factor of the neutron.
JUVE handbook, 2017/2018“Dr. Alexander Klicznik also boasts technical know-how.“
Representative experience
Representing North American pharma company in patent infringement proceedings and invalidity proceedings in relation to hemodialysis.
Representing Agilent in the area of mass spectrometry/chromatography in patent infringement proceedings and parallel opposition and nullity proceedings (on the basis of three patents).
Representing French Company asserting patent on method of protein separation aimed at purifying Factor VIII (parallel EPO opposition proceedings, then revocation proceedings).
Representing French manufacturer of contrast agents for several imaging techniques; advice re pending EPO proceedings.
Representing Opponent in EPO opposition relating to production of hemoglobin.
Advising a Japan based pharmaceutical company in opposition proceedings concerning cancer medication.
Representing Northern American Pharma company in Nullity action in the field of vaccines.
Representation in more than 100 opposition proceedings and nullity proceedings.
Credentials
- Second State Exam in Law, LMU Munich (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München), 2003
- First State Exam in Law, LMU Munich (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München), 2001
- Diploma in Physics, University of Basel, 1995
- GRUR
- AIPPI
- VPP
- EPI
- VDI