KUHNEN & WACKER (K&W) is a full-service IP law firm established more than 45 years ago in Freising, close to Munich airport. The firm represents small and medium-sized enterprises, as well as major corporate and global innovators. K&W’s professionals are a fine blend of senior attorneys having sophisticated experience and of younger well-trained attorneys forming, where needed, interdisciplinary teams to provide best advising capabilities for each case.
The K&W Philosophy
Continuity, quality and strategy are the three pillars and principles of K&W. This philosophy has allowed us for almost half a century to offer high-quality, proactive services and out of the box strategy thinking at competitive rates.
Team
The diverse team of K&W consists of a staff of about 90 people, 23 of whom are specialised patent attorneys and attorneys at law. These attorneys are supported by patent engineers and specialists, as well as by a highly qualified and multilingual administrative team. The firm’s experienced and professional staff working in a state-of-the-art IT infrastructure guarantee prompt responses to the needs of clients. K&W boasts an excellent track record of handling complex cases successfully.
Certification
In order to document the high-quality management standard that the firm has developed since its founding, K&W’s quality management has been awarded the official ISO 9001 certification since 2013. This has been confirmed on an annual basis to date.
Added value
K&W has earned a worldwide reputation through its handling of sophisticated litigation matters. Our long record of success includes recent litigation relating to cardiac stents, ink cartridges for printers and the automotive field.
K&W adds value for its clients in many areas, such as licensing, portfolio analysis and management, arbitration and mediation, antitrust, due diligence and competitive benchmarking. Some components of this added value arise from our internal teamwork, external networking and our frequent seminars.
A further added value in the context of global competition is K&W’s comprehensive and longstanding network of colleagues and associates in more than 150 countries.
K&W is an active member of many patent and trademark organizations (AAPA, AIPLA, AIPPI, FICPI, LES, VPP, INTA, ECTA, GRUR, etc.). The attorneys at K&W are actively involved in several committees in order to develop, improve and harmonise intellectual property law worldwide.
Services
K&W specialises in IP-related litigation and prosecution and offers the full spectrum of services in connection thereto.
K&W’s services include inter alia the following:
- Patents and Utility Models
- Trademarks, Designs and Copyright
- Employee and University Inventions
- License Agreements
- National and International Infringement Proceedings
- Competition and Antitrust Law
- Counterfeiting and Product Piracy
- IP Evaluation and Assessment
- Portfolio Analysis and Management
- Due Diligence
- Benchmarking
- Developing of IP Strategies
“KUHNEN & WACKER IP Made in Germany”
