Turkey
CLASSIFICATION
11th edition – multiclass application
SEARCH
Possible for word and device marks
EXAMINATION
On formal, absolute, and relative grounds
OPPOSITION
2 months from publication date
PROTECTION TERM
10 years from filing date and renewable for like periods
USE
Vulnerable to cancellation if mark has not been used for 5 years from filingNot possible for filing oppositions, counter oppositions, and responding to office actions
Filing Requirements
Simply signed POA required for all of the below procedures
Filing Requirements
- Copy of priority document, if priority is claimed, certified
What you need to know
- POA must be submitted at the time of filing
- Priority document may be submitted within 3 months from the filing date
Filing Requirements
- No additional documents are required
What you need to know
- Grace period of 6 months
Filing Requirements
- Certificate of change of name/address, certified
What you need to know
- May be recorded for applications and registrations
Filing Requirements
- Deed of assignment, notarized and Apostilled
What you need to know
- Trademarks may be assigned with or without the goodwill of the business concerned
- May be recorded for applications and registrations
Filing Requirements
- Certificate of merger, notarized and Apostilled
What you need to know
- May be recorded for applications and registrations
Filing Requirements
- License agreement, notarized and Apostilled
What you need to know
- License recordal is not compulsory but advisable in order to be effective against third parties
- May be recorded for applications and registrations
EQUIVALENT SEARCH
May be searched by subject matter, patentee name, title, international classification and priority/PCT number
EXAMINATION
As to form and novelty, inventiveness, and industrial applicability
PUBLICATION
Published in the Official Patent Bulletin
OPPOSITION
6 months from grant
ANNUITIES
Due upon national filing and every year on the anniversary of the actual filing date
PROTECTION TERM
20 years from the international filing dateFiling Requirements
Simply signed POA required for all of the below procedures
Filing Requirements
- Specifications in English, with Turkish translation
- Formal drawing
- Copy of PCT application and publication
- Copy of priority document, if priority is claimed, certified
What you need to know
- Priority document may be submitted within 3 months from the filing date
Filing Requirements
- Certificate of change of name, legalized
- For change of address, no additional documents are required
Filing Requirements
- Deed of assignment, legalized
What you need to know
- The assignment price must be indicated in the agreement
Filing Requirements
- Certificate of merger, legalized
Filing Requirements
- License agreement, legalized
PROTECTION TERM
5 years from filing date
EXAMINATION
As to form, novelty, and distinctiveness
APPLICATION WITH MULTIPLE FIGURES
Admissible
RENEWAL
Allowed for four consecutive terms of 5 years eachFiling Requirements
- POA, simply signed
- Specifications describing the design
- Drawings, paintings, graphics, photographic or similar representations of the design
- Statement to indicate the specific date of disclosure of an industrial design to the public
- Copy of priority document, if priority is claimed, certified
| LAW | SERVICE | DOWNLOAD PDF |
|---|---|---|
| Turkey Trademark Law | Trademark | download |
| Turkey Patent Law | Patent | download |
| Turkey Industrial Design Law | Design | download |
| Turkey Copyright Law | Copyright | download |
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