We are professional representatives before the Polish Patent and Trademark Office, Polish courts, the EUIPO, the EPO and the WIPO, permanently engaged in assisting our clients in procuring and enforcing their rights, particularly patents and trademarks.

WTS Patent Attorneys

Witek, Śnieżko & Partners
The WTS Patent Attorneys – Witek, Sniezko & Partners is a partnership of patent attorneys. The partnership was formed in 2002 as an initiative of founding partners who made the choice to merge their experience gathered over several years at other patent agencies.
The partnership has specialised in the protection of intellectual property rights in the biotechnology, chemistry, pharmacology, and medical sectors as well as in trademark and design cases.

What we do?

The Partnership

The WTS partnership is a patent attorneys practice whose goal is to provide aid in all matters connected with the protection of intellectual property rights, their transfer and commercialisation. The partnership was formed in 2002 as an initiative of founder partners, who made the choice to merge th...
The Partnership
Trademarks

WTS Patent Attorneys assists clients in all procedural and legal matters involved in the filing, opposition, invalidation and appeal procedures pertaining to Polish, European and International trade marks. Furthermore, we cooperate with many international agencies to represent our foreign clients in...
Trademarks
Patents and utility models

WTS Patent Attorneys aids its clients in all procedural and legal matters relating to European, International and Polish patent applications, patents, and utility models. Furthermore, we cooperate with numerous foreign attorneys to represent our international clients in Polish and European proceedin...
Patents and utility models
Patent searches

The decision to obtain patent protection for one´s technical solutions or to market them should be based on the minute knowledge of the state of the art and extant exclusive rights of other parties....
Patent searches
Validations of European Patents in Poland

We offer our professional assistance in the procedure for validating granted European Patents before the Polish Patent Office. European patents take effectin designated countries no sooner than upon validation of granted patentsat national Patent Offices....
Validations of European Patents in Poland
Pharmaceutical Patent Litigation

WTS Patent Attorneys has specialised in legal advice relating to the identification of and minimizing patent risks inherent in the market entry of pharmaceuticals. ...
Pharmaceutical Patent Litigation
Support of the investment process

We provide consulting services to entities who are either planning to invest or are already investing in innovative enterprises. By carrying out IP due diligence (i.e. comprehensive audits), relating to industrial property rights, we are able to assist investors in identifying and evaluating the inn...
Support of the investment process
Other services

The WTS Patent Attorney partnership aids its clients in all procedural and legal matters relating to the broadly understood concept of intellectual property protection. First and foremost, we provide services related to the conduct of proceedings before appropriate national and foreign institutions ...
Other services

News

Exceptions to patentability in the opinion of the Enlarged Board of Appeal of the EPO in the Pepper case (WTS Legal Report No. 9/2020)

On May 14, 2020 the Enlarged Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office issued its opinion in the case G 3/19 (Pepper). The highest judicial authority establ...
Patents without secrets: Exceptions to patentability

In the fourth issue of our series of articles wherein we would like to share with you our knowledge in the field of industrial law in a concise, clear and accessibl...
European Union trade marks and Brexit

In our previous legal reports (see Legal Reports No. 6/2020 and No. 7/2020) we wrote about an impact of Brexit on a future of European Unified Patent Court. The...