Design Patent Services in Turkey
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The protection period for a registered industrial design is 5
years and shall 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.
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.
