Article 61
(1) Design application shall cover;
a) the application form containing information about applicant’s identity;
b) the visual representation that reflects the appearance of the design and that enables reproduction through publication;
c) the name of the product in which the design is incorporated or to which it is applied;
ç) the name of the designer or the names of the members of the group having designed the design;
d) information containing how registration request right has been obtained from the designer or the designers;
e) if any, the request of postponement of the publication;
f) if engaged, the information related to the attorney.
(2) If the subject of application consists of a two-dimensional design and a request as per Article 66 shall be made to postpone the publication, a sample of the design may be given instead of visual representation as demanded in subparagraph (b) of first paragraph.
(3) Also a description of the visual representation or sample of the design can be presented and information related to the class of products in which the design is used or applied can be indicated in the application. Product name, product class and information given in the description shall not affect the scope of protection.
(4) In the event that the fees related to the application shall not be paid and the proof of payment shall not be submitted in time to the Office, the application shall be deemed to be invalid.
(5) For the classification of the products for which design is used or applied, the provisions of Locarno Agreement on International Classification of Designs which our country ratified by Decree of the Council of Ministers dated 5/8/1997 numbered 97/9731 shall be applied.
(6) Written statements of the visual representation specified in subparagraph (b) of first paragraph shall not provide exclusive rights related to concepts they express.
(7) The registration demand for multiple designs can be made as multiple applications provided that additional application fee shall be paid. In multiple applications, except for the ornamentation, each product design is used for and applied to, shall be of the same class.
(8) Multiple applications or designs forming multiple registrations shall be evaluated separately in the implementation of this Act.
(9) In case of multiple applications, if a registration is requested for designs not complying with conditions specified in seventh paragraph or the number of designs exceeds the determined number, the Office requests relevant parties to carry out separate applications for these designs. For each divided application, application date shall be the date of the first application. If priority right shall be demanded in the first application, this right shall be recognized in each divided application.
(10) The designer, if his name shall not be indicated in application form, has the right to request his name to be indicated as a designer. But the designer may request his name to be kept secret. The applicant shall describe how the design application right has been obtained if not being the designer or if being one or some of the designers.
(11) Spelling mistakes and obvious mistakes in fact in the design application shall be corrected upon applicant’s request provided that no change in the sample of the design shall be made.
(12) The number of designs that shall be part of a multiple application or other procedure and rules on the application shall be determined by a regulation.