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Patents of Invention
Legal Basis
– Act No. 6769. The law was enacted on December 22, 2016 under the title Industrial Property Law.
Membership in International Conventions
– Paris Convention.
– Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT).
– European Patent Convention, since November 1, 2000. EPC 2000 is ratified and entered into force on December 13, 2007.
Filing Requirements
– Full name, nationality and address of applicant and inventor(s) (as well as Turkish Identity Number and the date of birth of the Turkish inventor(s));
– Particulars from which Convention priority derives (if any);
– Specification, comprising a title, a description of the invention, the claims reciting the features of the invention, and a short summary;
– Drawings, if any;
– Priority document, if Convention priority is claimed, is to be filed within three months from the date of filing.
Remarks
National Phase of PCT: under Chapter I: 30 months; under Chapter II: 30 months. Such entry may be made by the end of the 33rd month by payment of an additional late filing fee.
Duration: patent issued after formal and substantive examination – valid for 20 years.
Annuities: payable on or before the anniversary of the filing date of a patent/patent application or with fine, within six months following the due date.
Opposition: pre-grant opposition is not possible (only third party observations); opposition to granted patents is possible.
Trade and Service Marks
Legal Basis
– Act No. 6769. The law was enacted on December 22, 2016 under the title Industrial Property Law.
Membership in International Conventions
– Paris Convention.
– Madrid Protocol.
Filing Requirements
– 1 specimen of the trade/service mark in .jpg format;
– Priority document (if any) must be filed within three months of filing date.
Remarks
Duration – renewals: 10 years from the filing date; renewable for further periods of 10 years.
Obligation to use the registered mark: should start sooner than the expiration of five years from a mark’s registration date.
Opposition: may be filed within a non-extendible term of two months after publication of an application in the Bulletin of Marks.
Industrial Designs
Legal Basis
– Act No. 6769. The law was enacted on December 22, 2016 under the title Industrial Property Law.
Membership in International Conventions
– Paris Convention.
– Hague Agreement, Geneva Act.
Filing Requirements
– Drawings, paintings, graphics, photographic or similar representations of the design suitable for reproduction (under the dimensions of 8 x 8 cm, 8 x 16 cm or 16 x 16 cm);
– Priority document, if priority is claimed; such document and its Turkish translation should be filed in a non-extendible term of three months following the filing of an application (must be filed electronically);
– Information as to whether deferment of publication is to be requested.
Remarks
Duration: after ex officio novelty examination and formal examination: 5 years from the filing date. Renewable up to 25 years.
Opposition: may be filed within three months after publication of an application.
Domain Names
Filing
ccTLD: .tr
Applicant: individuals and legal entities.
Local presence: not required.
Remarks
Duration – renewals: one to five years, renewable.
Uniform dispute resolution procedure: none, but an administrative procedure other than UDRP is available before the Dispute Resolution Service Providers.