Johannes Lang

Intellectual Property / Patents

German and European Patent Attorney, Co-Managing Partner

»Having lived and worked in several countries all over the world, I especially enjoy coordinating multi-national patent litigation and prosecution proceedings with my clients.«

Johannes Lang’s main areas of practice involve conducting patent litigation in Germany and France, German and European patent opposition and appeal proceedings, patent nullity proceedings before the German Federal Patent Court and the German Federal Court of Justice, and prosecuting patents before the patent offices.

Johannes Lang’s particular technical fields include software and computer-related inventions, electronics, information technology and telecommunications, semiconductor memories, digital image and audio processing, audio-video devices, smart cards and medical devices.

Johannes Lang is frequently the lead patent attorney in complex international patent litigation in Germany and Europe, particularly in cases requiring coordination with parallel US litigation or litigation in other European countries. Johannes Lang represents major global companies in patent litigation in the fields of computer technology, data compression, GSM and 3G telecommunication standards and smart cards.

As a qualified French patent attorney, Johannes Lang is also experienced in French patent litigation procedure, particularly in the “saisie-contrefaçon” (French proceedings to establish an infringement).

He gives lectures on patent infringement law at the Kurt Härtel Institute of the FernUniversität in Hagen, Germany, as well as regularly lecturing and publishing works in the field of software patents in particular.

1997 Registered as a qualified person before the French Patent Office (INPI)

1997 Admitted as European Patent Attorney 

1996-1997 Legal studies at Université Robert Schuman (CEIPI), Strasbourg, France; Diplomé en brevet d'invention (CEIPI)

1996 Admitted to the German Bar of Patent Attorneys

1994-1996 Legal studies at the University of Hagen, Germany

1987-1988 Exchange Scholarship at I.N.S.A. (Institut National des Sciences Appliquées), Lyon, France

1982-1990 Studies of Electrical Engineering at Technical University of Karlsruhe, Germany; degree of Dipl.-Ing. (Master of electrical engineering)