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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...

WTS Highly Recommended in the IAM PATENT 1000. Individual distinctions for Rafał Witek, Andrzej Witek, and Anna Gdula.

The season for rankings is in full swing and once again we find ourselves in a hurry to share with you some great news :) In the most recent edition of the IAM Patent 1000 our firm was recognized as “highly recommend” in the Patent Prosecution category. Moreover, three patent attorneys from WTS received individual distinctions: Rafał Witek, Andrzej Witek, and Anna Gdula. In the...

WTS Patent Attorneys among Europe’s leading patent law firms in the recent Financial Times ranking

We are excited to share some wonderful news with you: our firm was recognised in the latest edition of the “Europe’s leading patent law firms” ranking published by Financial Times.  The prestigious British newspaper has appreciated us for the third time in a row — since the first edition of the ranking (2019) we are consistently listed among the best firms in Europe. Moreover, just...

IP STARS 2021 – yet another success of WTS and Rafał Witek!

We are pleased to inform you that we have been recognised in the most recent edition of IP STARS 2021 ranking.  The firm WTS Patent Attorneys was recommended in the category “Patent Prosecution 2021”, while a partner at our firm, Rafał Witek, was named one of the Patent Stars 2021.  The annually published IP STARS ranking is a leading guide to IP law firms and professionals from...

“The proposed ‘suspension’ of intellectual property rights in the time of Covid-19: facts and myths”: Rafał Witek one of the panelists at the webinar hosted by AIPPI Poland

On 9 June 2021 Rafał Witek, a partner in our firm, participated as a panelist in a webinar hosted by AIPPI Poland which was entitled “The proposed ‘suspension’ of intellectual property rights in the time of Covid-19: facts and myths”.  Among the invited panelists, besides Rafał, were Karol Bator, PhD (an expert of the Polish Patent Office, the University of Jan Kochanowski), as...

A meeting concerning the possibilities for launching of the domestic production of vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 in Poland

On 3 March a meeting concerning the potential of Polish biotechnological and pharmaceutical sectors in the context of launching the domestic production of vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 took place. The videoconference was organised at the initiative of members of the government of Poland, which was represented by J. Gowin, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Development, Labor and Technology,...

Agnieszka Śnieżko recognized in WTR 1000

The newest edition of the World Trademark Review ranking has recently been published and we are excited to inform you that Agnieszka Śnieżko, a partner at our firm, has been recognized there as an outstanding practitioner in the field of trademarks. Agnieszka has been mentioned among recommended experts from Poland: in the ranking she is described as “a great trademark attorney with a...

Anna Gdula and Rafał Witek to take part in the Congress of International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI)

From October 5 to 14 the Congress of International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI) will take place. Due to the ongoing pandemic, the event will be held online, however the hosts announced that the virtual platform that will be used will permit to provide an experience as close to a physical presence as possible. Our firm will be represented there by Anna Gdula...

Interview with Targem Translations about an impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the IP sector

In last few weeks a New York-based company Targem Translations, specializing in providing clients with legal translation services, extended to us an invitation to take part in an extraordinary project. The vlog Global IP Update consists of a series of conservations with practitioners in the field of IP law coming from diverse jurisdictions: from Brazil and Mexico, through the United Kingdom,...

Katarzyna Borycka-Kiciak, the founder of OASIS Diagnostics represented by WTS, named the Businesswoman of the Year in the category Start-Up of the Year

WTS Patent Attorneys are representing OASIS Diagnostics [Inc.] whose founder and CEO is Katarzyna Borycka-Kiciak. It is a Polish company specialized in medical technologies that has been established with the goal of developing a new method of diagnosing sphincter injuries that may appear particularly after natural child birth. Patents have already been granted in Poland and in Russia, and...