Oktay Simsek ⁽⁷⁵⁾

Turkish Patent and Trademark Office (TURKPATENT) conventionally announces its performance goals and objectives at the beginning of each year. TURKPATENT has released its Performance Document on 11 January 2018. In the preface of the Document, Chief Executive of TURKPATENT states that the document covers 48 activities which are planned…

The candidates who passed the general qualification exams for becoming Turkish patent attorney and trademark attorney held on November 11, 2017 will take their vocational qualification exams on January 21, 2018. Vocational qualification exam for becoming Turkish patent attorney will cover open-ended questions regarding national…

General qualification exams for becoming Turkish patent attorney and trademark attorney were held on November 11, 2017. Now, the candidates passing these exams will take one more examination, i.e. vocational qualification exams for patents and trademarks. The exams will be held on January 21, 2018…

Turkey introduced its New Industrial Property Code of Laws for patents, trademarks, designs, geographical indications last year on January 10, 2017. According to the New Code, renewal fees for trademarks (every 10 years) and designs (every 5 years but upto 25 years at most) will…

New Industrial Property Code came into force last year on January 10, 2017 in Turkey. The Code prescribes the followings for the trademark and designs renewal fee due dates: According to Old Trademark and Design Decree Laws (Decree Law No. 554 and Decree Law No.