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Exceptions to patentability in the opinion of the Enlarged Board of Appeal of the EPO in the Pepper case (WTS Legal Report No. 9/2020)
On May 14, 2020 the Enlarged Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office issued its opinion in the case G 3/19 (Pepper). The highest judicial authority established by the Convention on th...
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Patents without secrets: Exceptions to patentability
In the fourth issue of our series of articles wherein we would like to share with you our knowledge in the field of industrial law in a concise, clear and accessible fashion, we would like to pr...
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The suspension of time limits with regard to the pandemic of coronavirus SARS-CoV-2
We are paying close attention to the ongoing legislative procedure in the Polish Sejm concerning the package of legal acts related to combatting the coronavirus SARS-Co-V-2 pandemic. The matter ...
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Unified Patent Court — a future that dissolves into a pipe dream?
The patent protection system of the EU, with a Unified Patent Court (UPC) in the center, is an ambitious project, a realization of which has been impeded for a long time by various obstacles. W...
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WTS Patent Attorneys recognized in the IAM and WTR ranking as Patent Prosecution Firm of the year 2020 in Poland
On January 30, 2020 we had an honor to take part in the Global IP Awards gala held in London. The event was hosted by IAM and WTR, the world’s leading platforms collecting data and providing ana...
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The judgment of the CJEU in a case involving pay-for-delay agreements
On January 30, 2020 the Court of Justice of the European Union announced its judgment in the case: Generics (UK) and others (C-307/18). It is worth to take a closer look at its decision, si...
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Changes in the Polish civil procedure – part 2
Our Legal Report No. 2/2020 concerned the plans to introduce intellectual property courts into the Polish legal system; we also examined an autonomous definition of cases that shall fall under t...
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We have ensured a patent protection for a technology that may be used to create a vaccine against COVID-19
Patent attorneys of WTS have ensured a patent protection for a technology that is unique on a global scale: it involves a production of artificial (not existing in nature) concatemeric proteins,...
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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 ...
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World Intellectual Property Day 2020
Because of the upcoming World Intellectual Property Day (#IPday) WTS Patent Attorneys is preparing something special for you: let us meet in the virtual space and have a talk. Our patent attorn...
