News & Updates on Turklegal IP - Turkish Patent and Trademark Attorneys

Republic of Moldova Becomes the 40th Member State of the European Patent Organisation

Mon, 01 Jun 2026 10:00:00 +0300

The Republic of Moldova officially became the 40th member state of the European Patent Organisation (EPO) on 1 June 2026 following the deposit of its instrument of accession to the European Patent Convention (EPC) on 25 March 2026.

TÜRKPATENT updates the list of goods & services for trademarks (Nice Classification 13th Edition)

Sat, 28 Feb 2026 20:48:10 +0300

Turkish Patent and Trademark Office (TÜRKPATENT) has revised the list of goods and services for trademark applications in line with the 13th Edition of the Nice Classification (NCL), which entered into force on 1 January 2026.

TÜRKPATENT announces new official fees effective January 1, 2026

Mon, 05 Jan 2026 21:48:00 +0300

The Turkish Patent and Trademark Office (TÜRKPATENT) has announced revised official fees applicable to patents, utility models, trademarks, and industrial designs, which entered into force on 1 January 2026.

TÜRKPATENT introduced new fee structure for trademarks

Sun, 16 Mar 2025 18:07:48 +0300

The Turkish Patent and Trademark Office has implemented significant changes to its trademark fee structure, shifting the renewal fees from a fixed to a tiered system based on the number of classes, introducing a requirement for payment of fees for retail and wholesale services in Class 35, and requiring an escrow payment for trademark cancellation actions.

Turkish Trademark Cancellation Procedures Clarified

Sun, 16 Mar 2025 15:10:29 +0300

The Turkish Patent and Trademark Office (TÜRKPATENT) has introduced significant amendments to the Regulation on the Implementation of the Industrial Property Law, bringing much-needed clarity to trademark cancellation procedures.

TÜRKPATENT and CNIPA Launch Accelerated Patent Examination Cooperation

Wed, 29 Jan 2025 12:54:38 +0300

Overview

On 12 September 2024, the Turkish Patent and Trademark Office (TÜRKPATENT) and the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) signed a Letter of Intent for Cooperation on Accelerated Patent Examination.

TÜRKPATENT announces new official fees effective January 1, 2025

Thu, 02 Jan 2025 21:30:38 +0300

The Turkish Patent and Trademark Office (TÜRKPATENT) has announced revised official fees applicable to patents, utility models, trademarks and industrial designs in Türkiye, effective as of January 1, 2025.

TÜRKPATENT announces updated trademark classification list

Mon, 23 Dec 2024 10:08:00 +0300

Turkish Patent and Trademark Office (TÜRKPATENT) has revised the List of Goods and Services for trademark applications.

Turkish PTO (TÜRKPATENT) announced new official fees effective January 01, 2024

Mon, 01 Jan 2024 15:33:00 +0300

TÜRKPATENT raises official fees for the second time in 2023, effective July 10, 2023

Tue, 11 Jul 2023 14:01:26 +0300

The Turkish Patent and Trademark Office announced a new schedule of official fees applicable to patents, trademarks, industrial designs and appeal procedures, effective as of 10 July 2023. This amendment represents the second increase in official intellectual property fees introduced in Türkiye during 2023.

Turkish industrial property statistics for 2022 announced

Fri, 03 Feb 2023 22:34:57 +0300

The Turkish Patent and Trademark Office (TÜRKPATENT) has published its industrial property statistics for 2022, revealing significant growth in domestic intellectual property filings across all major categories.

TÜRKPATENT announced new official fees effective January 01, 2023

Sun, 01 Jan 2023 22:01:00 +0300

The Turkish Patent and Trademark Office (TÜRKPATENT) has announced new official fees for patents, utility models, trademarks, and designs.

TÜRKPATENT Joins WIPO Digital Access Service for Electronic Exchange of Priority Documents

Thu, 26 May 2022 16:11:49 +0300

The Turkish Patent and Trademark Office (TÜRKPATENT) has joined the WIPO Digital Access Service (DAS) administered by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) for the electronic exchange of certified priority documents.

Turkey joins the DesignClass system

Mon, 23 May 2022 17:37:00 +0300

The Turkish Patent and Trademark Office (TÜRKPATENT) joined the DesignClass system of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) on 23 May 2022. With its participation, TÜRKPATENT became the 15th non-European Union intellectual property office included in the DesignClass system.

TÜRKPATENT has updated its online registry database

Sat, 23 Apr 2022 12:17:18 +0300

Overview

The Turkish Patent and Trademark Office (TÜRKPATENT) has introduced important updates to its online trademark and industrial design registry databases, expanding the procedural information available to users and improving transparency in examination and opposition proceedings.

USPTO Launches New Cloud-Based Patent Search Tool

Wed, 09 Feb 2022 14:58:53 +0300

Overview

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has launched a new cloud-based patent search platform that enables users to search U.S. patents and published patent applications through a single system.

China Joins the Hague System for International Design Registration

Sat, 05 Feb 2022 19:44:58 +0300

Overview

China has joined the Hague System for the International Registration of Industrial Designs administered by WIPO.

Iraq Joins the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT)

Tue, 01 Feb 2022 15:04:06 +0300

Overview

Iraq joined the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) on 31 January 2022.

Turkish Plant Variety Office announced new schedule of fees for 2022

Tue, 25 Jan 2022 18:41:32 +0300

The Turkish Plant Variety Office has announced an updated schedule of official fees applicable to plant variety protection and breeders’ rights procedures in Türkiye.

TÜRKPATENT released Turkish industrial property statistics of 2021

Tue, 25 Jan 2022 11:26:19 +0300

Turkish Patent and Trademark Office (TÜRKPATENT) has released statistics of 2021. A total number of 248,597 domestic industrial property applications were filed in 2021, including 8,439 patent applications, 4,418 utility model applications, 176,493 trademark applications and 59,247 design applications.

Turkish PTO announced new official fees effective January 01, 2022

Tue, 11 Jan 2022 13:32:05 +0300

Turkish Patent and Trademark Office (TÜRKPATENT) announced new official fees for patents, utility models, trademarks and designs effective January 01, 2022.

United Arab Emirates joined the Madrid Protocol

Thu, 30 Sep 2021 16:05:41 +0300

United Arab Emirates (UAE) joined the Madrid Protocol . The protocol will enter into force for the UAE on 28 December 2021.

TÜRKPATENT updated the trademark examination guideline

Thu, 19 Aug 2021 12:22:04 +0300

Turkish Patent and Trademark Office (TÜRKPATENT) has updated its trademark examination guideline.

TÜRKPATENT takes measures to protect the personal data

Fri, 26 Mar 2021 23:49:59 +0300

Turkish Patent and Trademark Office (TÜRKPATENT) has taken some measures to protect the personal data under the Law No. 6608 for the protection of the personal data .

TÜRKPATENT amended its procedure for change of name, address and company type

Mon, 22 Feb 2021 23:29:56 +0300

Turkish Patent and Trademark Office (TÜRKPATENT) has made some procedural changes for recording changes of names, kinds and addresses of applicants and right holders as well as assigning customer numbers.

TÜRKPATENT releases data for 2020 for industrial property filings

Fri, 29 Jan 2021 15:56:09 +0300

Turkish Patent and Trademark Office (TÜRKPATENT) announced the industrial property application statistics for 2020. In 2020, it was noted that there was an increase of 0.7% in domestic patent applications, 23.2% in domestic utility model applications, 30.57% in domestic trademark applications, and 16.64% in domestic design applications compared to the previous year.

TÜRKPATENT announced fee changes effective January 01, 2021

Fri, 08 Jan 2021 10:36:23 +0300

Turkish Patent and Trademark Office (TÜRKPATENT) announced new official fees for patents, utility models, trademarks and designs effective January 01, 2021. The fees schedule was published in the Official Gazette on December 30, 2020 .

TÜRKPATENT and EPO Integrate Databases for European Patent Validation Procedures

Sat, 16 May 2020 22:35:23 +0300

Overview

The Turkish Patent and Trademark Office (TÜRKPATENT) announced that a web service integration has been established between the European Patent Office (EPO) and TÜRKPATENT for:

Turkey further extended IP deadlines

Wed, 06 May 2020 03:23:23 +0300

Turkey has further extended IP deadlines keeping the time limits suspended as from 13 March 2020 due to noval coronovirus (Covid-19) pandemic.

A high number of trademark applications associated with coronavirus recently filed in Turkey

Thu, 02 Apr 2020 18:08:10 +0300

Turkish Patent and Trademark Office (TÜRKPATENT) has received a great number of trademark applications associated with “Covid-19” and “Coronavirus” in February and March 2020.

Turkish IP deadlines extended due to coronavirus

Fri, 27 Mar 2020 18:39:22 +0300

Turkey has recently extended legal and administrative deadlines, including those regarding the IP-related matters, due to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic .

TÜRKPATENT made COVID-19 restrictions on its premises

Wed, 18 Mar 2020 11:52:00 +0300

Turkish Patent and Trademark Office (TÜRKPATENT) has temporarily discontinued its information help desk and will not accept visitors on its premises due to novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The stakeholders will be able to get information and response to their inquiries by calling call center of the Office.

Turkish Plant Variety Office published a report for the activities of the plant varieties in 2019

Sun, 19 Jan 2020 12:44:57 +0300

Turkish Plant Variety Office has published an annual report regarding the applications and registrations for the plant varieties in 2019.

Physical filing route for industrial property rights closed in Turkey

Sat, 21 Dec 2019 17:53:38 +0300

Turkish Patent and Trademark Office (TÜRKPATENT) has recently announced it will close physical filing route for the industrial property rights (patents, trademarks, designs etc.). Accordingly, it will not be possible to physically (non-electronically) file the applications and post-filing demands as from January 01, 2020.

EPATS - New patent application system in Turkey

Tue, 03 Dec 2019 15:19:22 +0300

Turkish Patent and Trademark Office (TÜRKPATENT) has introduced new online patent application system (EPATS ).

Exams to become a Turkish Patent and Trademark Attorney held on November 16, 2019

Sun, 17 Nov 2019 18:14:54 +0300

The first stage of the examinations, which take place in two stages, to become Turkish patent or trademark attorney were held on November 16, 2019.

The working conditions of the Turkish IP Academy specified by the newly published regulation

Thu, 14 Nov 2019 18:20:37 +0300

Implementing Regulation on Intellectual Property Academy (Regulation No. 30948) was published in the Turkish Official Gazette on November 14, 2019.

Turkey withdrew its declaration under Article 14 (5) of Madrid Protocol

Sat, 09 Nov 2019 22:44:08 +0300

The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has announced that Türkiye has withdrawn its declaration under Article 14(5) of the Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks (“Madrid Protocol”). The withdrawal became effective on 18 October 2019.

TÜRKPATENT updated the online patent search tool

Tue, 08 Oct 2019 02:17:07 +0300

The Turkish Patent and Trademark Office (TÜRKPATENT) has introduced a long-awaited update to its online patent search and file inspection system.

Turkish Patent and Trademark Office has published new examination guideline for trademarks

Wed, 02 Oct 2019 03:06:49 +0300

Turkish Patent and Trademark Office (TÜRKPATENT) has published a new examination guideline for trademarks, titled “Trademark Examination Guideline.”

Turkish Supreme Court said the final word on non-use cancellation actions

Sat, 17 Aug 2019 00:49:42 +0300

Turkish Supreme Court (TCC) has recently clarified a long-disputed issue on non-use of trade marks.

Use or non-use matter for patents in Turkey

Wed, 14 Aug 2019 15:54:02 +0300

The period for using or working a patented invention is typically three years as from the publication of the patent grant in the Turkish Patent Bulletin or four years as from the application date of the patent, whichever is the later. This period is especially important in respect of the compulsory requests, as it is not possible for third parties to request compulsory license before the expiration of this statuary period.

Turkish IP System has become more modern by new amendments

Sat, 13 Jul 2019 04:15:00 +0300

The Implementing Regulation on Industrial Property Code (Reg. No. 30825) has been amended for simplifying the procedures and formalities regarding the rights-cancelling or rights-restricting actions before the Turkish Patent and Trademark Office.

New practice for search and examination requests announced by TÜRKPATENT

Thu, 03 Jan 2019 16:20:00 +0300

Turkish Patent and Trademark Office (TÜRKPATENT) announced on January 02, 2019 that search and examination requests will be able to be filed simultaneously to accelerate patent application processes and thus provide better quality services for the applicants.

TÜRKPATENT has made substantive discounts on search and examination reports

Tue, 01 Jan 2019 12:26:00 +0300

Turkish Patent and Trademark Office (TÜRKPATENT) has significantly discounted the official fees for search and examination reports in order to reduce patent and utility model registration costs.

Novartis loses a Glivec patent case in Turkey

Sat, 29 Dec 2018 12:22:00 +0300

The Turkish Constitutional Court has ruled that there has been no violation of the property rights due to the invalidation of one of “Glivec®” patents of Novartis in Turkey.

TÜRKPATENT has reduced some of official fees up to 40%

Wed, 05 Sep 2018 12:18:00 +0300

Turkish Patent and Trademark Office (TÜRKPATENT) reduced some official fees up to 40%. New fees were published on September 05, 2018 in the Turkish Official fees.

TÜRKPATENT established a public company for commercialization of the IP rights

Tue, 29 May 2018 11:46:00 +0300

Turkish Patent and Trademark Office (TÜRKPATENT) has established a public company for commercializing the industrial property rights, i.e. patents, utility models, trademarks, designs and geographical signs. The company is named “Turkish Industrial Property Valuation and Consulting Engineering Services Inc. (TÜRKSMD).”

Digital Transformation in TÜRKPATENT

Sat, 24 Mar 2018 11:54:00 +0300

Turkish Patent and Trademark Office (TÜRKPATENT) has announced that “Digital Archive Project”, which was launched in 2015 to transfer approximately 65 million page documents in TÜRKPATENT’s archives to electronic media was completed as from the end of 2017.

Turkish inventions will be exhibited in Geneva

Tue, 20 Mar 2018 11:44:00 +0300

Turkish Patent and Trademark Office is participating in the 46th International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva in Switzerland, from April 11th to April 15th, 2018, with three domestic inventors and their inventions. Various 1000 inventions of more than 700 participants from 45 countries will be introduced during the exhibition organized by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).

The decisions of Intellectual and Industrial Property Courts of Turkey will become electronically accessible

Tue, 20 Feb 2018 11:38:00 +0300

Ministry of Justice of Turkey has gradually started to give online access to the decisions of intellectual property and industrial property rights courts and the commercial civil courts for allowing the investors informed of the judicial processes.

TÜRKPATENT opened Patent Workshop for Students

Sun, 18 Feb 2018 11:36:00 +0300

In cooperation with the Turkish Patent and Trademark Office (TÜRKPATENT) and the General Directorate for Secondary Education of the Ministry of National Education, a new patent training unit named “Patent Workshop” has been established within the organizational structure of TÜRKPATENT to provide interactive patent education for secondary school and university students.

TÜRKPATENT has brought clarification regarding the search and preliminary examination fees

Thu, 15 Feb 2018 11:33:00 +0300

The Turkish Patent and Trademark Office (TÜRKPATENT) has announced that applicants filing international patent applications under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) are required to pay the international search and preliminary examination fees in accordance with the PCT Fee Tables published by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) when TÜRKPATENT is designated as the International Searching Authority (ISA) or the International Preliminary Examining Authority (IPEA).

Turkey's Research Authority Expanded the Scope of Patent Incentives

Thu, 08 Feb 2018 11:52:00 +0300

The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) and Turkish Patent and Trademark Office (TÜRKPATENT) have signed the protocol expanding Patent Support Programheld between both public institutions.

Turkey is expanding the scope of its Patent Support Program to increase the patenting activity in the country

Thu, 08 Feb 2018 11:27:00 +0300

Patent Support Program, which is conducted in cooperation with The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) and Turkish Patent and Trademark Office (TÜRKPATENT), has been amended.

Summit on Artificial Intelligence, Industry 4.0. and Intellectual Property Law to be held on February 12th, 2018

Mon, 29 Jan 2018 11:24:00 +0300

The “Summit on Artificial Intelligence, Industry 4.0 and Intellectual Property Law,” organized by the Research and Application Center for Intellectual and Industrial Rights of Ankara University (FISAUM), will be held on 12 February 2018 in Türkiye.

Vocational Qualification Exams for becoming Turkish patent attorney and trademark attorney held on January 21, 2018

Sat, 27 Jan 2018 19:26:00 +0300

The Turkish Patent and Trademark Office (TÜRKPATENT) held the Vocational Qualification Exams for patent and trademark attorney candidates on Sunday, 21 January 2018. The examinations constituted the second stage of the qualification process required for registration as a patent and/or trademark attorney in Türkiye.

Turkey tops trademark filings in Europe in 2017

Sat, 27 Jan 2018 11:19:00 +0300

Turkey tops trademark filings in Europe in 2017

Prof. Dr. Habib Asan, the President of Turkish Patent and Trademark Office (TÜRKPATENT), has given an interview regarding the industrial property activities and statistics in 2017 to Turkey’s official news agency, Anadolu Agency (AA), on 26 January 2017.

Turkish Plant Variety Office has announced its new schedule of fees for 2018

Mon, 22 Jan 2018 11:17:00 +0300

The Turkish Plant Variety Office has announced its official schedule of fees for 2018. The new fee schedule was published on 17 January 2018 and applies to plant variety protection and related procedures before the Office.

Twitter's long struggle to register Periscope in Turkey

Tue, 16 Jan 2018 11:14:00 +0300

Twitter is not able to register its brand Periscope for live broadcasting and streaming services in Turkey.

TÜRKPATENT has released a revised version of its Strategy Document setting out its objectives for the next 5 years.

Sun, 14 Jan 2018 19:24:00 +0300

Turkish Patent and Trademark Office (TÜRKPATENT) is regularly preparing and releasing strategy documents setting out objectives and goals every five years.

A workshop on the Regulation for inventions made by universities and employees was held by Turkish Patent and Trademark Office

Sun, 14 Jan 2018 19:20:00 +0300

A workshop on the Implementing Regulation for “Employee Inventions, Inventions Made in Higher Education Institutions and Inventions Arising in Public Supported Projects” which had come into force on September 29, 2017 was held on January 11, 2017.

Turkish Patent and Trademark Office has announced its performance goals for 2018

Sat, 13 Jan 2018 09:12:00 +0300

Turkish Patent and Trademark Office (TÜRKPATENT) conventionally announces its performance goals and objectives at the beginning of each year. TÜRKPATENT has released its Performance Document on 11 January 2018.

Vocational qualification exams for becoming Turkish patent and trademark attorney to be held on January 21, 2018

Thu, 04 Jan 2018 09:03:00 +0300

The candidates who successfully passed the general qualification examinations for becoming Turkish patent attorneys and trademark attorneys on 11 November 2017 are scheduled to take their vocational qualification examinations on 21 January 2018.

Vocational qualification exams for becoming Turkish patent or trademark attorney will be held on January 21, 2018

Tue, 02 Jan 2018 19:19:00 +0300

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 in Ankara.

New practice for due dates for renewal fees of Turkish trademarks and designs to be applied as from January 10, 2018

Tue, 02 Jan 2018 19:12:00 +0300

Turkey introduced its New Industrial Property Code of Laws for patents, trademarks, designs, geographical indications last year on January 10, 2017.

Payment periods for renewal fees of Turkish trademarks and designs will change from January 10, 2018

Tue, 02 Jan 2018 02:18:00 +0300

New Industrial Property Code came into force last year on January 10, 2017 in Turkey.

Use of emblem with Geographical Indications is becoming compulsory in Turkey

Sat, 30 Dec 2017 17:11:00 +0300

Geographical Indication and Traditional Product Name Emblem Regulation has been published on 29 December 2017 and will come into force as from 10 January 2018.

An Overview of IP Filings in Turkey Based On “World Intellectual Property Report – 2017” Published By WIPO

Fri, 15 Dec 2017 17:01:00 +0300

World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has recently published world-wide IP trends analysis based on filings and registrations in 2016. The analysis covers the figures of the national and regional filings and international filings of WIPO .

Implementing Regulation of Technology Transfer Offices for Higher Education Institutions has come into force

Fri, 08 Dec 2017 16:55:00 +0300

Regulation of Technology Transfer Office for Turkish Higher Education Institutions, which was prepared by Council of Higher Education of Turkey (YÖK), was published in Turkish Official Gazette and entered into force.

Implementing regulations on structure and activities of Turkish Biotechnology Institute has been recently published and come into force

Sat, 02 Dec 2017 16:53:00 +0300

Newly introduced implementing regulations on structure and activities of Turkish Biotechnology Institute obligates the Institute to follow the national and international literature and patents in the field of biotechnology, explore and realize new patent application fields and carry out or support these processes on behalf of the researchers as necessary in order to protect and develop the rights of intellectual property within the framework of the procedures and principles to be determined by the Board of Directors as well as propose to the President on initiatives for the purpose of transferring, acquiring, selling and acquiring the ownership of intellectual property rights and licenses.

Turkish Patent and Trademark Office (TÜRKPATENT) has recently updated its online filing system

Mon, 27 Nov 2017 16:49:00 +0300

The Turkish Patent and Trademark Office (TÜRKPATENT) has recently updated its online filing system by introducing several new electronic transaction options aimed at facilitating patent prosecution procedures and improving the efficiency of online services.

TÜRKPATENT granted Geographical Indication for PARMIGIANO REGGIANO

Mon, 27 Nov 2017 16:48:00 +0300

The Turkish Patent and Trademark Office has granted geographical indication protection in Türkiye for “Parmigiano Reggiano,” the well-known Italian hard and granular cheese recognized worldwide for its traditional production methods and regional origin.

Patent Contest in Turkey

Mon, 27 Nov 2017 16:42:00 +0300

Patent contest for university students to be organized for the first time by Turkish Patent and Trademark Office (TÜRKPATENT) is starting.

Seminar of Turkish and Italian Experiences for Geographical Indications

Tue, 21 Nov 2017 16:39:00 +0300

On 20 November 2017, the Turkish Patent and Trademark Office, in cooperation with the Italian Embassy in Türkiye, organized the “Seminar on Turkish and Italian Experiences for Geographical Indications” in Ankara. The event brought together representatives from public institutions, academia, producer associations, and intellectual property professionals to discuss the protection, promotion, and economic value of geographical indications (GIs).

Exams for Turkish Patent and Trademark Attorney held on November 11, 2017

Sun, 19 Nov 2017 16:29:00 +0300

Qualification examinations for becoming a Turkish patent attorney or trademark attorney were held on 11 November 2017 under the supervision of the Turkish Patent and Trademark Office (TÜRKPATENT).

Seminar of Patenting Practice in the Field of Medical Devices

Sun, 12 Nov 2017 13:03:00 +0300

The “Seminar on Patenting Practice in the Field of Medical Devices” will be held on 22–23 November 2017 by the Turkish Patent and Trademark Office (TÜRKPATENT) in cooperation with the European Patent Office (EPO).