The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO; French: Organisation mondiale de la propriété intellectuelle (OMPI)) is one of the 15 specialized agencies of the United Nations (UN). WIPO was created in 1967 "to encourage creative activity, to promote the protection of intellectual property throughout the world".
Turkish Patent and Trademark Office (TURKPATENT) participated in the Digital Access Service (DAS) of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) for electronically exchanging the priority documents. TURKPATENT will act as a depositing office and render WIPO DAS system operational as from June 01, 2022. From…
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China has joined the Hague System for the International Registration of Industrial Designs. Accession will come into effect on May 5, 2022, and from this date, China will begin accepting applications for design registration under the system. With China's accession, Chinese designers will be able…
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WIPO has announced that Turkey withdrew 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 October 18, 2019. As a result of the withdrawal, Turkey can be the subject of a subsequent…
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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…
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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 . The report indicates that IP filings upward substantively, the increase rate…
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