Manuel Martínez Ribas
"The challenge I am passionate about in my field is linking technology and regulation and making it understandable to management teams and judges"
He was licensed as a lawyer in 1991 (ICAB) with PhD courses in intellectual property (IP) and information and communication technologies (ICT). Since then, he has drawn up contracts and has conducted administrative, judicial and arbitration procedures on these matters.
From 1996 to 2001 he was a researcher at IESE (University of Navarra) and a board member at The Information Highway Group, with whom he coordinated several European ICT R&D projects. In 2006 he was an independent examiner for the European Commission in a study related to the misnamed Software Patents Directive. He has written and lectured on all legal aspects of IP and ICT for various universities. In addition, he has been a speaker at the 3rd International GPLv3, among other international events. Since 2014 and for the second consecutive term, he is also President of the ICAB Section of ICT, having previously been Vice President of the PI Section.
From 2001 to 2006 he was also responsible for the ICT department of Baker and McKenzie Barcelona. In 2006, together with his partner Malcolm Bain, he founded his own trademark “id-law partners” as a boutique specialized in IP and ICT. In May 2018, both incorporated this brand into Across Legal.