Notable Practitioner (IP Stars from ManagingIP, 2025)

When working with clients, it is repeatedly emphasized that Ronak is "highly recognized and appreciated by the customers", delivers "highly client-focused services" and "she is proactively contacted and involved in all issues by the inventors, experts and management" (Infineon).

• Trainee at the German Patent and Trademark Office and at the German Federal Patent Court, Munich
• Internship at a Patent Chamber of the Regional Court of Mannheim (2009)
• Studies of Law for Patent Attorneys at the Fernuniversität (2008-2010), Hagen
• Trainee Patent Attorney at a German patent law firm (2007-2010) in Heidelberg
• Further professional education as a Medical Physics Expert at the Academy of Scientific Further Education in Heidelberg
• Studies of Physics at Ruprecht-Karls-University of Heidelberg, Germany, and the University of Adelaide, Australia
• Degree in Physics; Diploma thesis at the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) in Heidelberg

• European Patent Attorney
• German Patent Attorney
• Not admitted to the German Bar
• European Patent Litigator (UPC)
• European Trademark and Design Attorney

• "Between control and interoperability" - The BGH's judgment in Sony v. Datel and its implications for sofware copyright (Co-author: Nils Rahlf, GermanLawInternational, issue 3/2025)
• "Testing the boundaries: AI training models and copyright laws", September 2024
• "Germany: landmark court decision deals with AI training and copyright" (Norton Rose Fulbright’s Inside Tech Law, August 1, 2024)
• "Germany: AI cannot be named as inventor – insights from the Bundesgerichtshof’s DABUS decision" (Norton Rose Fulbright’s Inside Tech Law, July 29, 2024)
• "European Unitary Patent and Unified Patent Court: first experiences and insights" ("The art of dispute", November 2023)
• Interview: "Ronak Kalhor-Witzel and Maria Sorea on the challenges of European Patent drafting" (FORUM Institute for Management, IP Talks, 2023 and 2024)
• "Dual representation by attorney-at-law and patent attorneys in nullity proceedings" (IP review on the decision of December 18, 2012 - Case X ZB 11/12 - Doppelvertretung im Nichtigkeitsverfahren)

• "European Patent Drafting Camp" (FORUM Institute for Management)
• "IP core processes in IP administration", seminars and workshops (Association of Intellectual Property Experts (VPP), Fulda and Dresden)
• "German patent filing procedure, fees and deadlines (EP/DE/PCT), exercises on fees & deadlines", (VPP, seminar)
• "A new patent system for Europe – Unitary Patent and Unified Patent Court (UPC)", panel discussion with members of the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada (IPIC) in Montreal, Canada
• "UPC Implementation Project" (inhouse perspective)
• "Capturing the value of trade secrets" (NRF Catalyst Webinar) https://www.nortonrosefulbright.com/en/knowledge/webinars-and-events/bf8dbcba/digital-catalyst-episode-5
• "Avoidance of mixed Claims in U.S. Patent Claims and comparison of countries" (Japan Patent Attorneys Association (JPAA), Tokyo)
• "Risks of patent infringement and how to minimize risks" (XPRENEURS high-tech start-up incubator, Munich)
• "Start-Up and Patent law" (Female Investors Network (FIN) Academy)
• "Empowering Innovators and Entrepreneurs in Gene and Cell Therapy" (GeneNovate, IP Workshop)
• "Collaboration & Negotiation", workshops (TUM Graduate School, Munich)
• regularly giving IP related lectures (with up to 100 participants), seminars, workshops
• regularly moderating events with respect to IP related topics

• Chamber of Patent Attorneys
• Active Member of the Examination Board of German Patent Attorneys
• Institute of Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office (epi)
• International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys (FICPI)
• Association of Intellectual Property Experts (VPP)
• German Physical Society (DPG)
• Active Member of the Ladies Mentoring Network

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