TURKLEGAL INSIGHTS

Turkey provides a 12-month grace period for maintaining novelty and obtaining protection in the case of earlier publications. Similarly, there are special situations for assessing novelty in the case of earlier applications and publications in Turkey or abroad, where it may still be possible to…

Turkey has implemented a national variety list system to protect consumers and provide the agricultural and horticultural industries with high quality seed and plant material derived from healthy, high quality, and productive varieties. The registration of plant varieties on the national variety list requires the…

The Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) enables applicants and inventors to seek protection for their invention in multiple countries simultaneously and enter each country within a specific time limit, which is typically 30 months from the international filing date or the earliest priority date, after the…

You can perform your patent searches in the database of Turkish Patent and Trademark Office free of charge on this link. There are 3 options for searches: File Tracking Search, Detailed Search, Advanced Search. By using the File Tracking tab on the search screen, you…

As known, inventions should be kept confidential and not disclosed publicly before filing a patent application. As a general rule, any disclosure of invention before filing a patent application can destroy its novelty because it is considered “prior art” to the patent application. The most…