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Turkish Patent and Trademark Office (TURKPATENT) has published a new examination guideline for trademarks, titled “Trademark Examination Guideline.” The Guideline, which is a revised version of the Guideline issued in 2011, was prepared based on the decisions of the Board of Appeal of TURKPATENT, the decisions of the Turkish Intellectual…

Turkish Patent and Trademark Office (TURKPATENT) 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. The applicants can request both search and examination at the…

Turkish Patent and Trademark Office (TURKPATENT) has significantly discounted the official fees for search and examination reports in order to reduce patent and utility model registration costs. The discounted fees will be limited to a certain number of requests for search and examination as follows:…

Turkish Patent and Trademark Office (TURKPATENT) reduced some official fees up to 40%. New fees were published on September 05, 2018 in the Turkish Official fees. The discount covers patent filing fee, patent registration fee, assignment fee, 1 to 10 years patent annuities, trademark filing…

Turkish Patent and Trademark Office (TURKPATENT) 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).” In an interview with Anadolu…