
TWAINSCORE Partnerschaft von Rechtsanwälten mbB is a highly specialised boutique law firm. We advise and represent our clients exclusively in the areas of Labour law and Intellectual Property law. We have acquired many years of practical experience in these legal areas and a proven academic background, as evidenced by our numerous publications in renowned law journals and lectures at universities.
The focus of our work is guided by our clients’ interests. We act discrete, efficient, vigorously and creative.
Team
We work on complex legal problems with the aim of achieving the best but also the most cost-effective solutions for our clients. To this end, we work quickly, efficiently and with a high degree of creativity. We strive towards the enforcement of our clients’ interests both in and out of court and in matters before the public authorities.
Our clients include both medium-sized businesses and multinational companies operating in various sectors. In addition, we advise and represent senior managers and individuals on all relevant legal issues in the areas of our specialisation. In cases that involve other legal areas or cross-border legal matters, we rely on a well-established network of specialist colleagues.
If you have an issue relating to one of our areas of specialisation, please do not hesitate to contact us at anytime.
Dr. Martin Wintermeier
Partner, Lawyer, Certified Specialist for Intellectual Property Law
Contact:
Mail | 089 4 522 033 20
Martin advises on all aspects of Intellectual Property Law. His work focuses, among other, on complex litigation disputes, e.g. patent infringement suite before the national court as well as before the Unified Patent Court (UPC). Further, Martin represents his clients in Unfair Competition and Trade Secret Infringement cases. In these matters, Martin regularly works in close cooperation with larger teams in different legal disciplines and jurisdictions. In addition, he advises on the development of international trademark portfolios. Together with his partner Igor, he advises and represents his clients on aspects of IP Law that intersect with Labour Law, particularly on issues relating to Competition or Trade Secrets as well as Employee Invention Law. Martin advises his clients in German and English.
IP Stars (by Managing IP) lists Dr. Martin Wintermeier as “notable practitioner”.
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Martin is a visiting lecturer in Internet and e-commerce law at the University of Applied Sciences of Amberg-Weiden.
Martin studied law in Passau, Munich and Augsburg (Dr. iur.). After completing his studies, he practised, among others, in the patent litigation team of one of the leading German law firms and most recently at a well-known IP boutique firm based in Munich,
Martin gained a wealth of experience in foreign jurisdictions in his role at an American corporate law firm in Miami and in his role at the German Society for International Development’s (GIZ) Sino-German Legal Cooperation Programme in Beijing.
After completing his studies, Martin worked as a research assistant at the Technical University of Munich (Department of Corporate and Intellectual Property Law) and the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich (Department of Civil Law and Medical Law).
In addition to his doctoral thesis on a patent law topic, Martin has written numerous publications on Intellectual Property Law, Civil Procedure Law and Unfair Competition Law.
Igor Schmulenson
Partner, Lawyer, Certified Specialist for Labour Law
Contact:
Mail | 089 4 522 033 20
Igor advises companies, senior managers and company bodies on all aspects of individual and collective Employment Law and Service Contract Law. He has many years’ experience in enforcing his clients’ rights in these legal areas, both in and out of court. Moreover, Igor has proven expertise in the areas of international secondment, transfer of employees and business immigration. Together with his partner Martin, he advises and represents his clients on aspects of Labour Law that intersect with Intellectual Property Law, particularly on issues relating to Manager Liability, Competition Law, the provisions of the German Trade Secrets Act and Employee Invention Law. Igor advises his clients in German, English and Russian.
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Igor began his legal career at a well-known national law firm. Afterwards, he worked for a Munich-based employment law boutique for more than five years. Previously, he has worked in the labour law team of the legal department at a major insurance company in Munich.
Igor studied law at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich. His legal training at the Oberlandesgericht in Munich focused on labour law. Before pursuing his career as a lawyer, Igor worked for various university departments of civil and public law.
In addition to his role as a lawyer, Igor has been a visiting lecturer in labour law at Hochschule Fresenius for several years.
Jakob Nuezel
Salary Partner, Lawyer, Certified Specialist for Intellectual Property Law
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He advises his clients in German and English.
Professor Dr Ronny Hauck
Counsel, Lawyer
Contact:
Mail | 089 4 522 033 20
Prof. Dr. Ronny Hauck is active in the entire field of intellectual property law. One focus of Professor Hauck’s work in TWAINSCORE’s IP team is litigation in patent law and the protection of trade secrets.
Prof. Hauck studied law in Erlangen and Augsburg (Dr. iur.) and subsequently worked as a research assistant at the Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg and at the Technical University of Munich (Chair of Business Law and Intellectual Property). He then worked as a lawyer for one of the major German law firms, mainly in the field of antitrust law. Prof. Hauck completed his post-doctoral studies at the Faculty of Law of the Humboldt University in Berlin.
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Prof. Hauck gained experience in foreign jurisdictions through research stays (as a Visiting Scholar), inter alia, at the George Washington University Law School in Washington D.C. He was also a guest lecturer at the China University of Political Science and Law in Beijing and Leading Scholar at the Moscow National Research University/Higher School of Economics in the International Laboratory on Information Technology and Intellectual Property Law. Prof. Hauck has been a lecturer in the LL.M. program “Intellectual Property and Media Law” at the Humboldt University of Berlin and at the BeckAkademie for many years. He has been teaching at Humboldt University since the end of 2016, namely in copyright law, patent law, license agreement law, trade secret protection law and trademark law.
In addition to his dissertation on a licensing and antitrust law topic and his habilitation on “Nießbrauch an Rechten”, Prof. Hauck is the author of numerous publications on innovation/technology protection (in particular patent law and know-how protection/protection of trade secrets), on the exploitation of intellectual property rights (including insolvency law and antitrust law), on copyright law, on data business law and on trademark law. He is co-editor of GRUR-Prax.
Legal services
Labour Law
Thorough legal advice on labour law
Litigation
Collective employment law
Business immigration
Termination of employment contracts
Social security law
Contract drafting
Use of external staff
Restructuring
International employee secondments
IP/IT/Media Law
Patent law
We enforce our clients’ patents against infringement by third parties both before the national courts and the Unified Patent Court (UPC). In addition, we represent our clients against warning letters, preliminary injunctions or lawsuits for alleged patent infringement. We carefully analyse the infringement situation and advise both on FTO as well as during ongoing patent infringement proceedings (Second Opinion). In addition, we cooperate with experienced patent lawyers belonging to our well-established network to represent our clients in legal validity proceedings (Rechtsbestandsverfahren) in patent offices and courts.
Trademark law
With effective measures we defend your trademark against infringers and product pirates. In addition, we represent our clients against groundless warning letters, preliminary injunctions and lawsuits for alleged trademark infringement.
We also advise you strategically with respect to developing your national or international trademark portfolio. Where conflicts involve third countries, we rely on our well-established network of experienced colleagues in nearly all countries in the world.
Unfair competition (UWG)
We provide thorough advice on unfair competition, particularly in litigation proceedings. We advise on effective action against competitors’ unfair practices and we represent our clients against groundless warning letters, preliminary injunctions and lawsuits for allegedly unfair competition practices. In addition, we provide preventive advice to ensure compliance with relevant legal provisions, in particular with regard to advertising (off- and online).
Design law
We defend your design rights against infringers and product pirates. In addition, we represent our clients against groundless warning letters, preliminary injunctions and lawsuits for alleged design right infringement. We also assist you with the registration of German, European and international designs. We also assist you in developing of the right registration strategy for your national or international design portfolio. Where conflicts involve third countries, we rely on our well-established network of experienced colleagues in nearly all countries in the world.
Copyright and Media Law
We advise on all aspects of Copyright and Media Law, both in and out of court. Our particular areas of focus include the drafting and review of contracts granting rights (testimonial contracts, buy-out contracts etc.) and the enforcement of Copyright.
Defamation
IT Law
We advise on issues relating to Information Technology Law, e.g. on software projects or IT contracts in e-commerce. Advising innovative start-ups is a focus of our activities.
Contract Law
We draft contracts in the abovementioned areas, e.g. licence agreements, non-disclosure agreements, R&D contracts, advertising and testimonial contracts and cooperation agreements. We also represent you in legal disputes relating to these types of contracts.
Employees’ inventions law
Protection of (employee) data
We can assist you in designing and implementing internal processes that ensure that data is processed in accordance with the law, with a specific focus on employee data.
Moreover, we can represent you in disputes before data protection agencies and enforce your rights in court if necessary.
Protection of trade secrets
In addition, we can rely on our experience of representing clients in numerous proceedings relating to the protection of trade secrets. We represent you before employment and civil courts to enforce all claims relating to the unlawful disclosure of trade secrets, in particular in claims for injunction, disclosure and damages. When the unlawful disclosure of trade secrets is suspected, we can conduct inspection proceedings if possible, to collect evidence for our clients. Moreover, we advise on the criminal aspects of the protection of trade secrets when enforcing our clients’ rights.
Non-competition covenants
We also represent our clients in litigation disputes, both to enforce non-competition covenants and to challenge invalid non-competition covenants.
IP compliance
The prerequisites for liability and measures to avoid liability must be carefully considered. Depending on the intellectual property right affected, these are treated differently by the civil division of the Bundesgerichtshofs.
In addition to civil law aspects, we also advise on criminal liability for infringement of intellectual property rights. Our advice is aimed at both companies and criminal defence lawyers who request intellectual property expertise in ongoing proceedings. It should be noted that the essential prerequisites for criminal liability correspond to those for civil liability. Calling in civil law expertise can add significant value in this context.
Do you need help in our specialist areas?
We look forward to hearing from you.
Adress
TWAINSCORE Partnerschaft von Rechtsanwälten mbB
Jakob-Klar-Str. 14
80796 Munich
Telephone
Our offices are located in the Jakob-Klar-Straße in the central Munich district of Schwabing. Starting from Hohenzollernplatz or Kurfuerstenpaltz, you can reach us on foot in just a few minutes.
Alternatively, you can reach us by underground line U2, stop Hohenzollernplatz.
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