Full Bio Dr Rainer Friedrich has been appointed to the Court in June 2023. His technical focus is in biochemistry. Professional Experience in Intellectual Property Dr Friedrich has nearly 20 years’ experience in private intellectual property practice, inter alia as a partner of a leading Munich patent law firm. He has acted on behalf of numerous pharma and biotech clients in a wide range of cases inter alia relating to therapeutic antibodies, stem cells and second medical uses. Dr Friedrich gives regular lectures at the applied sciences university MCI (Innsbruck, Austria) and publishes in intellectual property journals such as Mitteilungen der deutschen Patentanwälte. Professional Experience in Science Currently, Dr. Friedrich serves as Director Global IP in the field of hematology at the international biotechnological company CSL Behring (Marburg, Germany). Education Dr. Friedrich holds a summa cum laude doctorate degree in biochemistry awarded by Technische Universität München (Germany). His PhD thesis in protein crystallography of coagulation factors was supervised by Nobel Prize laureate Robert Huber and led to a highly recognized research article in the renowned journal Nature. Name of any other employer of the judge or administration/court the judge is serving for CSL Behring Marburg
Full Bio Dr Rainer Friedrich has been appointed to the Court in June 2023. His technical focus is in biochemistry. Professional Experience in Intellectual Property Dr Friedrich has nearly 20 years’ experience in private intellectual property practice, inter alia as a partner of a leading Munich patent law firm. He has acted on behalf of numerous pharma and biotech clients in a wide range of cases inter alia relating to therapeutic antibodies, stem cells and second medical uses. Dr Friedrich gives regular lectures at the applied sciences university MCI (Innsbruck, Austria) and publishes in intellectual property journals such as Mitteilungen der deutschen Patentanwälte. Professional Experience in Science Currently, Dr. Friedrich serves as Director Global IP in the field of hematology at the international biotechnological company CSL Behring (Marburg, Germany). Education Dr. Friedrich holds a summa cum laude doctorate degree in biochemistry awarded by Technische Universität München (Germany). His PhD thesis in protein crystallography of coagulation factors was supervised by Nobel Prize laureate Robert Huber and led to a highly recognized research article in the renowned journal Nature. Name of any other employer of the judge or administration/court the judge is serving for CSL Behring Marburg