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Germany ratifies the Unified Patent Court Agreement

On the 17th of February, German government ratified the Unified Patent Court Agreement. Therefore, the last of the conditions upon which the launch of the UPC had been dependent was fulfilled. The Court will be ready to receive its first cases starting from the 1st of June 2023, while as early as on the 1st of March the so-called Sunrise Period will begin, during which holders of European...

Value of the IP portfolio of our Client, Genomtec S.A., estimated at EUR 191.336 million

In the last few days, we have been pleased to find out about the success of one of our Clients. Genomtec S.A. is a Wrocław-based technology company operating in the field of clinical diagnostics, which was established in 2016. Recently, Genomtec has commissioned a valuation of its intellectual property portfolio from Dennemeyer — an independent firm operating globally. The case of...

WTS at the ninth edition of the Conference of the Construction Chemicals Industry

On the 6th of December the ninth edition of the Conference of the Construction Chemicals Industry took place in Warsaw. WTS Patent Attorneys, represented by Anna Rożkowicz and Arkadiusz Kalinowski was among the exhibitors. The conference has gathered the representatives of the construction chemicals industry, from the managerial staff, to research and development, purchases, and...

Anna Gdula and Piotr Adamczyk awarded the Bronze Cross of Merit by President of Poland

On the 18th of November, a special ceremony was hosted by the Polish Chamber of Patent Attorneys, during which two patent attorneys from the WTS team: Anna Gdula, a partner at our firm, and Piotr Adamczyk were granted the Bronze Cross of Merit. The decorations were awarded by President of Poland in recognition “of merits in services for popularizing the subject of industrial property”....

The seminar “IP litigation in Poland”

On the 14th of October in Sheraton Hotel in Warsaw, WTS Patent Attorneys and DBS hosted a seminar entitled “IP litigation in Poland”. The purpose of this event was to introduce the participants to legal procedures applicable in disputes involving inventions and trademarks. The expert presentations concerned both judicial proceedings as well as the opposition proceedings before the...

Anna Gdula, Andrzej Witek, and Rafał Witek at the FICPI World Congress 2022

From 26 to 30 September the annual edition of the FICPI (International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys) World Congress took place in Cannes. Patent attorneys and IP lawyers from all over the world came to Côte d’Azur. Of course, the representatives of our firm were also be there: Anna Gdula, Andrzej Witek, and Rafał Witek, partners at WTS, attended the event. ...

Katarzyna Kwestarz and Anna Szajna at the conference “Corrugated Cardboard: the Newest Technologies”

On the 8th and 9th of September, the 11. edition of the conference “Corrugated Cardboard: the Newest Technologies” took place in Szczyrk. The event was organized by the publishing house Polski Drukarz LLC. Our firm was represented there by patent attorneys Katarzyna Kwestarz and Anna Szajna. Throughout the conference Katarzyna and Anna offered free legal counsel on matters related to the...

Anna Gdula and Rafał Witek at the 2022 AIPPI World Congress

From 10 to 13 September, the annual edition of the World Congress of the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI) took place in San Francisco. The partners at our firm, Anna Gdula and Rafał Witek, attended the event. A long-awaited return to the on-site form of the Congress after the break caused by the pandemic was an...

IAM Patent 1000: WTS highly recommended, individual distinctions for Rafał Witek, Andrzej Witek, and Anna Gdula

We are very pleased to inform you that WTS Patent Attorneys has once again been recognized in the prestigious IAM Patent 1000 ranking. Our company was selected as highly recommended in the prosecution category. Moreover, individual distinctions were granted to Rafał Witek, Andrzej Witek, and Anna Gdula. IAM Patent 1000 rankings, which are published annually, are based on extensive...

The Springtime Celebration of the 20th Anniversary of Our Company

On the 10th of June the springtime celebration of the 20th anniversary of WTS Patent Attorneys took place. The ceremony was held at Platinum Palace Hotel in Wroclaw. It began with a luncheon that was the first opportunity for the teams of employees from three offices (Wroclaw, Warsaw, and Munich) to reunite after the period of the pandemic. Next, we connected...

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...

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