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.
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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.
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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.
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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 their experience gathered over several years at other patent agencies. The patent attorneys...
The Partnership
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 proceedings dealing with the protection of intellectual property rights. Our services include the...
Patents and utility models
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 national matters related to the protection of their trade marks. Our services in this regard...
Trademarks
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. Our team has conducted many court processes before the Polish Patent Office and civil courts, in cases concerning patent invalidation as well as matters concerning their infringement. Our experiences: Alendronate patent PL 195 272...
Pharmaceutical Patent Litigation
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. A patent search is performed to determine the type and scope of technical solutions related to these solutions in question and ascertain the legal status thereof. The results of such search may be...
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. Poland is not a party to the London Agreement. Therefore, in order to validate a European Patent in Poland a translation of...
Validations of European Patents in Poland
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 innovativeness of technologies being reviewed. As part of the audit, we also determine the strength...
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 which are involved in the protection and execution of intellectual property. Our activities in...
Other services
Credentials
Acting on behalf of a renowned in corporated company which had been active for several years on the chemical reagent market and was interested in purchasing a novel technical product, we identified a scientific partner. By conducting patent searches we aided in the verification of the development efforts. Research performed jointly with the scientific partner made it possible to...
CredentialsNews
Anna Rożkowicz, Anna Gdula, and Rafał Witek have attended the 2023 AIPPI World Congress
From 22 to 25 October Anna Rożkowicz, Anna Gdula, and Rafał Witek participated in the AIPPI World Congress in Istanbul. The program of the Congress included numerous discussion panels dedicated to the hot-button issues in the field of industrial property law. The speeches of the invited speakers, renowned experts, were of the top quality. Of course, there were...
Anna Gdula, Andrzej Witek, and Rafał Witek at FICPI Open Forum
The FICPI Open Forum took place in London on October 4-7. The WTS Patent Attorneys Office was represented at this event by Anna Gdula, Andrzej Witek and Rafał Witek. Rafał Witek additionally took part in the meeting of the EXCO — the executive committee of FICPI, which consists of delegates of individual member states and sections of the organization. A rich, informative program, a...
Agnieszka Śnieżko took part in the 42nd Seminar of Patent Attorneys of Universities
Last week, the 42nd Seminar of Patent Attorneys of Universities was held in Cedzyna, part of which was attended by Agnieszka Śnieżko, a partner at WTS Patent Attorneys. Kielce University of Technology and co-organizers of the seminar took care to prepare a very rich and informative program of the event. The speakers included judges of intellectual property...
IAM Patent 1000: WTS Patent Attorneys highly recommended; Andrzej Witek, Rafał Witek, and Anna Gdula with individual distinctions
Our firm is regularly listed in the prestigious IAM Patent 1000 ranking, while patent attorneys from our team are awarded individual distinctions. This year's edition is no different. We are pleased to announce that WTS Patent Attorneys has been indicated as highly-recommended in the prosecution category. Moreover, individual distinctions were awarded to Rafał Witek, Andrzej Witek and...
Agnieszka Śnieżko has attended the 41st annual ECTA conference ‘Exploring IP Magic’
From June 28 to July 1st the 41st annual ECTA 'Exploring IP Magic' conference took place in Prague, in the immediate vicinity of the medieval fortress in Vyšehrad located about 5 km from the city center. Our firm was represented at the event by Agnieszka Śnieżko, a partner at WTS Patent Attorneys. The program of this year's conference included topics in the...
Rafał Witek at the opening ceremony for the Bacteriophage Technology Center established by Proteon Pharmaceuticals
On June 30, 2023, the official opening of the Bacteriophage Technology Center established by Proteon Pharmaceuticals, a Polish company specializing in technologies based on the practical use of bacteriophages, took place. Rafał Witek, a partner at the WTS Patent Attorneys, attended the event. We have been cooperating with Proteon Pharmaceuticals for years and we...
Anna Rożkowicz and Rafał Witek honored in the IP Stars 2023 ranking; WTS Patent Attorneys recommended in the “Patent prosecution” category
We are pleased to inform you that Anna Rożkowicz and Rafał Witek have been recognized as IP Stars 2023. Appreciating the partners of WTS Patent Attorneys in subsequent editions of this prestigious ranking has already become a tradition :) Anna and Rafał, congratulations! Furthermore, our firm has been recommended in the "Patent prosecution" category (Tier 2). It is worth noting that...
Anna Rożkowicz and Rafał Witek took part in the UNION-IP Congress 2023 in Stockholm
UNION-IP Congress 2023 took place in Stockholm from June 14 to 17. This was the first edition of the congress after the break caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. The WTS law firm was represented at the event by Anna Rożkowicz and Rafał Witek. The title of the congress was “An IP Climate Forecast”. The extensive and insightful program focused on the issues of the rapidly changing reality...
WTS Patent Attorneys has once again been recognized as one of the leading European patent law firms in the Financial Times ranking
We are pleased to inform you that WTS Patent Attorneys firm has been listed in the latest edition of the Financial Times ranking "Europe's leading patent law firms". A prestigious British magazine has recognized our achievements in three fields: "biotechnology, food and healthcare" (silver rating), "chemistry and pharmaceuticals" (silver rating), and "mechanical engineering" (bronze rating)....
Mr. Dominik Skoniecki, our longtime employee, has passed away
It is with deep regret and sadness that we inform you that on June 10, 2023, a longtime employee of our firm, mgr inż. Dominik Skoniecki passed away. We send our heartfelt condolences to his family and relatives. The funeral will take place at 9:00 on June 19, 2023 at Bródnowski Cemetery in Warsaw.