Design Patent Law in Turkey
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Ata Patent Group guides its clients through the maze of
regulations and procedures involved in obtaining a design patent in
Turkey. In this regard, our attorneys assist clients to develop
intellectual property portfolios that serve specific business
objectives so as to yield clear strategic returns. In many cases,
this means seeking the broadest claims to which an invention is
entitled so as to foreclose competitors from market share. As
corporate initiatives are increasingly driven by intellectual
property, the quality of design patent prosecution advice rendered
to a client can have enormous financial consequences.
We also work with our clients to ensure they and their employees, inventors, engineers to understand the design patent process and follow policies and guidelines that protect against inadvertent loss of rights in an invention. In this regard, we routinely conduct industry and in-house seminars on the patentability process, including procedures on documenting conception of an invention, limitations on public written disclosures of the invention (such as in marketing materials or research papers), use of diligence in pursing an invention, and the disclosure requirements necessary to ensure that any issued design patent is as defensible as possible.
The firm provides design patent prosecution and counseling services in a wide range of technical and business areas, in almost every industry, and in both the retail and commercial markets.
Turkish Design Renewal Services
The protection period for a registered industrial design is 5 years and should be renewed every 5 years for 4 times for the extension of protection up to 25 years. The renewal period of a registered design begins 6 months before the end of the protection. Designs can be renewed with late payment for up to 6 months after the end of protection. Renewal fees should be deposited at the Turkish Patent Institute by a representative of the company or a trademark attorney. In case such fees are not deposited, registered designs are considered invalid, that is, the monopoly right thereof is removed and they became the property of the public. Unlike patents and trademarks, there is no requirement to work/use of industrial designs in Turkey.
Other Design Patent Law services include;
Ata Turkish Patent & Trademark Law Group attorneys' expertise affords our clients the fullest range of design prosecution services and capability to render such advice:
- Preparation and filing of design patent applications
- Comprehensive prosecution services in Turkish for utility and design patents
- Coordination of design patent prosecution in foreign countries and regions
- Prosecuting interference contests to resolve priority in invention
- Design patent appeals to the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences of the Turkish Patent Institute
- Rendering legal opinions on the strengths and weaknesses of design patents
- Rendering legal opinions on patentability, right-to-use, validity, enforceability, and infringement
- Design patent infringement litigation before Turkish Courts
- Design patent appeals at the Turkish Supreme Court
Our patent & trademark attorneys are licensed to practice before Turkish Patent Institute to represent our clients' all types of intellectual property rights; including applications, registrations, and oppositions. Our IP litigation attorneys render patentability and patent, trademark, and copyright infringement opinions; litigate to protect intellectual property; handle arbitration, mediation, and other litigation alternatives; and negotiate licenses, franchising, and similar business transactions to maximize the value of such property.
