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 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
WTS Patent Attorneys recommended in the latest edition of the “Europe’s leading patent law firms” ranking by Financial Times
We are very pleased to inform that our firm has been recommended in the latest edition of the “Europe’s leading patent law firms” ranking published by Financial Times (category: “Biotechnology & Food”). The prestigious British journal has appreciated us for the fourth time in a row — since the first edition of ranking (2019) we are consistently listed among the best firms...
Anna Rożkowicz and Rafał Witek recognized in the IP Stars 2022 ranking
We are pleased to inform you that two partners at WTS Patent Attorneys, Anna Rożkowicz and Rafał Witek, have been recognized as Patent Stars 2022. The prestigious IP Stars ranking is published by Managing IP since 1994. It is based on research conducted by teams of analysts from London, New York, and Hong Kong. It takes into account such aspects as expertise, market reputation, outcomes...
WTS at the International Packaging Fair “Packaging Innovations”
On May 31 and June 1, 2022, the 14th International Packaging Fair “Packaging Innovations” took place in Warsaw. These B2B fairs connect packaging producers and distributors and entrepreneurs looking for solutions in the field of packaging their products, as well as entities providing legal, design, and marketing services. The fair was attended by, among others, representatives of...
WTS at the jubilee edition of the Central European BioForum
On 25 and 26 May, a jubilee 20th edition of Central European BioForum, a biotechnological expo, took place in Warsaw. The event was the first opportunity for the Polish professionals in the biotech field to meet after the long break caused by the pandemic. The delegation of our firm was also present there. The participants could get to know Polish and foreign inventors, entrepreneurs,...
Agnieszka Śnieżko and Anna Rożkowicz at INTA 2022 Annual Meeting Live+
Soon, in Washington D.C. the Annual Meeting of International Trade Mark Association (INTA) will take place. The conference will start on 30 April and last until 4 May. This time the event will be hybrid: the organizers have provided an opportunity for remote participation for those who will not be able to travel to Washington in person. WTS Patent Attorneys will be represented at this...
Piotr Adamczyk was awarded a badge of honor “For the Merits in Inventiveness”
We are pleased to inform you that Piotr Adamczyk was awarded a badge of honor “For the Merits in Inventiveness”. The distinction was granted by the Prime Minister of Poland on the request of the Polish Chamber of Patent Attorneys. The badge was handed to Piotr by the President of Polish Patent Office Edyta Demby-Siwek in the presence of the President of the Polish Chamber of Patent...
Information for persons having patents in the Russian Federation
On the grounds of a decree signed on 6 March 2022 by the Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, compensation for patent infringements in Russia will no longer be paid if patents involved belong to persons from “foreign countries that commit unfriendly acts towards Russian legal and natural persons”. For the sake of precision, the decree modifies the method for calculation of the compensation in...
The UPC preparation phase has officially started – what does it mean for Polish clients?
The unitary EU patent system has been a work in progress for decades already and even though the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court (UPC) was signed in February of 2013, the implementation of the proposed solutions has been fraught with obstacles. The most significant hurdles occurred on the end of those states whose ratification of the Agreement was a precondition for its entry into force:...
‘SPCs in the European Union: The Evolving Regulatory Landscape’ – an article by Rafał Witek published on the FICPI blog
On the blog of the International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys (FICPI) an article by Rafał Witek, a member of the FICPI, was published: it concerns changes in the legal framework applicable to the SPC - both changes that have already been implemented, as well as those that are still discussed. Rafał presents solutions regarding the Manufacturing Waiver which was introduced by...
The profiles of Rafał Witek and Andrzej Witek in the IAM Global Leaders Guide 2022
On Monday the newest edition of the IAM Global Leaders Guide was published. This prestigious publication includes interviews with 43 prominent industrial property law specialists representing various jurisdictions from all over the world. The principal criterion for an invitation to be included in the Guide was the previous recognition in the gold tier of the IAM Patent 1000, the leading...