A house mark is the main brand of a business that covers different product or service categories. House marks offer consumers assurance...

Patent protection in Turkey (Türkiye) can be achieved through national patent applications, in addition to PCT national phase...

Patent Protection Term The patent protection term is 20 years from the effective filing date. The respective term cannot be extended....

Design Protection Term The initial term of protection provided for design is 5 years starting from the date of application. The...

In Turkey, annual fees for a utility model (or a utility model application) are paid in advance for the third year and each subsequent year.

Trademark Protection Term The term of protection for a registered trademark is 10 years from the date of application. This term may be...

First published at ManagingIP.com . The authority for trademark revocation (or trademark cancellation) was transferred from the courts to...

When learned that computer programs are protected by copyrights, the primary question is whether registration is required to obtain this...

In the second article of our series, "Software Article Series: 2- Elements of Computer Programs Protected by Copyright", we have examined...

In the first article of our series “Software and IP: 1- Protection with Different Intellectual Property Rights”, we explained that when...

In Turkey, Nic.tr (under the management of Middle East Technical University) has been the responsible office for the management and...

The Regulation on Electronic Commerce Intermediary Service Providers and Electronic Commerce Service Providers (“Regulation”) was...

Trademark applications filed in bad faith are regulated in Article 6/9 of the Industrial Property Code (“Code”) numbered 6769 as one of...

Upon completion of the international phase of a PCT application, if the applicant of the international patent (or utility model)...

Introduction The rights arising from a registered trademark belong exclusively to the trademark owner. Therefore, the trademark owner may...

The rights arising from a registered trademark belong exclusively to the trademark owner. Therefore, the use of an identical or similar...

In principle, according to Article 5/1(ç) of the Industrial Property Code numbered 6769 (“Code”) – one of the absolute grounds for...

Within the scope of the Madrid System, applicants can protect their trademarks in more than one country including Turkey with a single...

For a trademark to be protected in certain countries, the respective trademark must be registered in each country where protection is...

As per article 107(2) of the Industrial Property Code numbered 6769 (“Code”), the applicants or holders of a patent may request the...

Turkey adopts a post-registration opposition mechanism for design applications. In Turkey, there are two possibilities for invalidating...

The importance and value of the software industry are increasing day by day with the effect of digitalization that is accelerating....

Introduction In the presence of absolute grounds for refusal or relative grounds for refusal set out in Articles 5 and 6 of the...

Design Registration The registration of design simply protects appearance. In principle, the registration of a design application is...