20+ years of experience in the patent business

Yorck Hernandez is a German and European patent attorney with a strong background in engineering and telecommunications. Based in Grünwald / Munich, Germany, he is a renowned expert in standard-essential patents. Yorck supports his clients in prosecuting their patent applications in Germany and Europe as well as in enforcing their IP rights worldwide. Since 2009, Yorck in particular focusses on evaluating standard-essential patents, and regularly headed technical negotiations in licensing negotiations worldwide, such as in China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, and the US.

Connecting technology startups with investors, partners, and customers: Yorck co-founded CrowdPatent.com, the world's first online platform for connecting inventors, investors and innovators. Based on this experience, Yorck also co-founded Corporate Ventures Advisory offering curated matchmaking between global B2B startups & growth companies with European corporate customers and investors. In addition, Yorck is an IP mentor (pro-bono) at the Munich based startup accelerators TechFounders and RESPOND.

Yorck is also the founder and owner of Abalon Global GmbH, which is not only a globally active consultancy for scaleups but also an investor in startups and scaleups.

Yorck regularly lectures on German and European patent law in Germany, Asia, and the US. He is business fluent in German, English, Spanish, and French.