The Turkish Patent and Trademark Office (“Office”) was used to notify the applicants of international registrations under the Madrid Syst...

The Turkish Patent and Trademark Office (the “Office”), which receives a trademark application, will ex officio examine the trademark app...

Patent Protection Term The patent protection term is 20 years from the effective filing date. The respective term cannot be extended. How...

In Turkey, with the enactment of the Code on Amending Certain Codes published in the Official Gazette dated 26 March 2020, the time limit...

Intellectual property rights holders may permit third parties through license agreements to use their intellectual property rights nationw...

Subject Matter of Design Protection The registration of design simply protects the appearance of your products. The registration of a des...

In Turkey, the ownership of trademarks, regardless of whether they are registered or pending following application, can be transferred to...

Introduction One of the several implementations of the obligations to use trademarks in Turkey is the right granted to the trademark appl...

Introduction On 1 January 2019, article 5/A of the Turkish Commercial Code (the “TCC”) came into force, thus mediation became a mandatory...

The counterfeiting of goods is threatening international trade more than ever before. According to the Economic Costs of Counterfeiting a...