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
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...
INTA 2021 Annual Meeting Virtual+ conference with the participation of Agnieszka Śnieżko
Next week the annual conference of the International Trademark Association (INTA) will be held. Over 2,800 attorneys specializing in trademark matters from all over the world have already confirmed their participation therein. The essential part of this massive global venture will take place in virtual space. WTS will be represented there by its partner Agnieszka Śnieżko who will take...
Agnieszka Śnieżko at the 39th ECTA Annual Conference
On the 21st and 22nd of October Agnieszko Śnieżko, a partner at WTS Patent Attorneys, will participate in the annual European Communities Trademark Association (ECTA) that is going to take place in Vienna. The motto of the conference is "Waltzing with IP". The programme of the event encompasses numerous IP-related panel discussions and it will culminate with gala dinner at the Museum of...
Rafał Witek was awarded a badge of honor “For the Merits in Inventiveness”
The Prime Minister M. Morawiecki granted the patent attorneys Ms. Joanna Bocheńska and Mr. Rafał Witek, a partner and co-founder of our firm, a badge of honor “For the Merits in Inventiveness”. In the case of Rafał, this distinction is an acknowledgment of his achievements as a patent attorney whose successes in securing and enforcing of industrial property rights are remarkable,...
The conference celebrating the 5th anniversary of the start of the operations of the Visegrad Patent Institute
On the 7th of July Rafał Witek participated in a conference held by the Visegrad Patent Institute (VPI). The purpose of this event was to celebrate the 5th anniversary of the start of the operations of the VPI. The main subject was the PCT system — possibilities and challenges related to it. The organizing committee succeeded in gathering in a virtual space a number of interesting...