History of the Firm
After having graduated from the Technical University of Munich with a degree in
mechanical engineering and aerospace technology and becoming a patent
attorney, Rainer
Andreas Kuhnen founded a patent attorney's practice in Freising in 1974.
Even then the historic university town in the north of Munich was a
growing area. The Munich airport is – to our clients' benefit – in immediate vicinity.
Paul-Alexander Wacker graduated from the Technical University of Munich with a degree in electrical engineering and also with a degree in economics. He became a patent attorney in 1975.
In the year 1976 the two attorneys founded their joint firm "KUHNEN & WACKER" in Freising.
This brought about an outstanding synergy which quickly led to national and international reputation. Expanding business required constant additions of resources by taking on attorneys in all fields of technology.
Today, KUHNEN & WACKER has become a synonym for quality and a service mark of world-wide reputation for a globally oriented professional corporation incorporating many attorneys and scientists in all fields of technology, supported by well-experienced and professionally working staff members allowing prompt responses to all of our clients' needs.
On March 3, 2000, KUHNEN & WACKER concluded a contract with yet2.com for a strategic partnership for providing support in the field of intellectual property rights to yet2.com and their member companies. yet2.com is one of the leading global internet agencies which offers a market place for technologies of leading international companies. Read more about yet2.com.
Having previously been split up in two office locations, K&W moved to a large office building at Prinz-Ludwig-Straße 40A in Freising in September 2001. This gave the firm the possibility it needed to further expand. This building of the art nouveau era was completely renovated as an historical monument; however, it was perfectly modified inside to meet to our needs. It thus allowed us to maintain our Corporate Identity as it had been known to our visitors for many years. A further expansion of K&W into an adjacent building which was also under historic preservation took place in September 2011. For more details see the Buildings' history.