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“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...

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 attorneys will be waiting for your e-mails and calls, ready to provide free advice and information in the field of intellectual property law as soon as on next Friday from 9 AM to 5 PM. Perhaps you have...

WTS Patent attorneys have ensured a patent protection for a diagnostic technology developed by Genomtec SA [Inc.]

A company represented by WTS Patent Attorneys, Genomtec has obtained a patent protection for a diagnostic method that permits to minimize drastically size of a laboratory device. Through applying molecular technologies, the company has developed a mobile DNA and RNA analyzer — a laboratory that fits into a user’s pocket. Genomtec ID, a device not much larger than a smartphone, offers...

Patent Attorneys of WTS are helping to ensure a patent protection for the inventions of Biotts, one of the most vibrant biological startups in Central Eastern European area

WTS Patent Attorneys are currently representing before the Polish Patent Office Biotts SA [Inc.], a biotechnological startup based in Wrocław that develops original drug delivery technologies and drug formulas. The company uses unique technologies of production, an innovative approach to processes of bonding substances and advanced knowledge of communication of cells and their mutual...

Important information regarding the functioning of our Office during the state of epidemic declared because of the COVID-19

Dear Colleagues, To begin with, we sincerely hope that you are in good health in those uncertain and difficult times. On last Tuesday the Act of 31 March 2020 amending the act on special solutions concerning preventing, countering and combatting COVID-19, other contagious diseases and crisis situations caused by them, and several other acts, came into force in Poland (we have previously...

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 that is of a particular interest to us pertains to the proposed solutions regarding the running of time limits. This problem is addressed by Government’s draft bill of the act amending the act on...

PATENTS WITHOUT SECRETS — THE NEW SERIES AT OUR WEBSITE

We are excited to present you a new 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. The texts will be published regularly; we would like them to constitute a database of sorts for the use of our Clients. Our goal is to equip you with certain tools that would make your navigating amid the...

Patent Attorneys of WTS are representing before the Polish Patent Office a Polish-Spanish start-up that is creating a ground-breaking natural UV filter

Technology that the UVera team has developed by applying an innovative, interdisciplinary approach, permits to produce stable and active UV protecting natural pigment. It involves obtaining a natural UV protector from microorganisms that can be found in some desert regions of Earth (cyanobacteria). UVera provides a very attractive and above all necessary alternative for UV filters that are...

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, the functions of which are genetically programmed. It may be used to create a vaccine against a strain of coronavirus SARS-Cov-2 that is responsible for causing COVID-19 as well as inhibitors serving to...

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 analyses in the field of intellectual property. Patent attorneys and representatives of law firms specialized in IP litigation and prosecution from over 50 countries gathered that evening at 8...

Rafał Witek has been recognized in the prestigious IAM Global Leaders 2020 guide

We are thrilled to announce that our co-founding partner Rafał Witek has been recognized among world’s top private practice patent attorneys in the prestigious IAM Global Leaders 2020 guide. According to information disclosed by editors: "To qualify for inclusion in IAM Global Leaders, individuals must be ranked in the gold tier of the IAM Patent 1000, the market-leading annual directory...

WTS Patent Attorneys – Witek, Sniezko & Partners expanding – four new patent attorneys on our team

Our team has recently been strengthened by four new patent attorneys: Ms. Ewa Malewska, Mr. Piotr Adamczyk, Ms. Katarzyna Kwestarz and Mr. Krystian Żygadło. We are pleased to welcome Ms. Ewa Malewska as a Member in our Patent Team in Warsaw office. Ms. Malewska is a chemist and lawyer, a very experienced Polish and European patent attorney, in private practice for nearly thirty years. She...

Changes in our office

Effective from 1 January 2020, Ms. Dargiewicz and Ms. Grzelak are leaving our partnership and definitively cease all activities within WTS Patent Attorneys. Ms. Joanna Dargiewicz and Ms. Anna Grzelak have been suspended by the order of the court of December 5, 2018 in the exercising of her right to run the affairs of the partnership and their right to represent the partnership WTS Patent...

WTS Patent Attorneys Again Awarded in IP STARS 2019

WTS Patent Attorneys has been again awarded in ranking IP STARS. We are very pleased to announce that WTS Patent Attorneys Witek, Śnieżko and Partners has been recognised by Managing Intellectual Property magazine as one of IP Stars 2019 in Poland. Additionaly, Rafał Witek has been recognised individually as IP Star. The ranking details are available here.

WTS Patent Attorneys Again Awarded in IAM Patent 1000 – the World’s Leading Patent Professionals

We are proud to announce that WTS Patent Attorneys Witek, Śnieżko and Partners has been recommended in IAM Patent 1000 – the World’s Leading Patent Professionals, one of the most prestigious rankings connected with intellectual property. Additionaly, Rafał Witek and Andrzej Witek have been both recommended individually as the best practitioners in patent prosecution in Poland....

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