Turkish Industrial Property Code (Law No. 6769) was adopted on 22 December 2016 and entered into force on January 10, 2017. The Code merged all the earlier Decree Laws on Trademark and Service Marks, Patents and Utility Models, Industrial Designs and Geographical Indications. (Here is the link for the Code: http://bit.ly/2Gm03lm)
Turkish Supreme Court (TCC) has recently clarified a long-disputed issue on non-use of trade marks. A Specialized Court of Intellectual and Industrial Property (IP Court) filed a request for the cancellation of Article 14 of the Decree Law no. 556, which includes provisions regarding use of trade marks and their…
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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…
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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. The new amendments came into force after their publication in the Turkish Official Gazette…
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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. The opening of the workshop was made by…
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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…
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