Türkiye
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
12th edition – multiclass application
Possible for word and device marks
On formal, absolute, and relative grounds
2 months from publication date
10 years from filing date and renewable for like periods
Vulnerable to cancellation if mark has not been used for 5 consecutive years from registration date
EXTENSION OF TIME
Not possible for filing oppositions, counter oppositions, and responding to office actions
REQUIREMENTS
Filing Requirements
Simply signed POA required for all of the below procedures
TREATIES AND CONVENTIONS
World Intellectual Property Organization, World Trade Organization, Berne Convention, Paris Convention, Madrid Protocol, Patent Cooperation Treaty, The International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants, Apostille Convention
REGISTRATION
Filing Requirements
- Copy of priority document, if priority is claimed, certified
What you need to know
- POA must be submitted at the time of filing
- Priority document may be submitted within 3 months from the filing date
RENEWAL
Filing Requirements
- No additional documents are required
What you need to know
- Grace period of 6 months
CHANGE OF NAME OR ADDRESS
Filing Requirements
- Certificate of change of name/address, certified
What you need to know
- May be recorded for applications and registrations
ASSIGNMENT
Filing Requirements
- Deed of assignment, notarized and Apostilled
What you need to know
- Trademarks may be assigned with or without the goodwill of the business concerned
- May be recorded for applications and registrations
MERGER
Filing Requirements
- Certificate of merger, notarized and Apostilled
What you need to know
- May be recorded for applications and registrations
LICENSE
Filing Requirements
- License agreement, notarized and Apostilled
What you need to know
- License recordal is not compulsory but advisable in order to be effective against third parties
- May be recorded for applications and registrations
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
May be searched by subject matter, patentee name, title, international classification and priority/PCT number
As to form and novelty, inventiveness, and industrial applicability
Published in the Official Patent Bulletin
6 months from publication of search report
Due upon national filing and every year on the anniversary of the actual filing date and payable prior to grant. Grace period of 6 months for late payment with a surcharge
20 years from the international filing date
REQUIREMENTS
Filing Requirements
Simply signed POA required for all of the below procedures
REGISTRATION
Filing Requirements
- Specifications in English, with Turkish translation
- Formal drawing
- Copy of PCT application and publication
- Copy of priority document, if priority is claimed, certified
What you need to know
- Priority document may be submitted within 3 months from the filing date
CHANGE OF NAME OR ADDRESS
Filing Requirements
- Certificate of change of name, legalized
- For change of address, no additional documents are required
ASSIGNMENT
Filing Requirements
- Deed of assignment, legalized
What you need to know
- The assignment price must be indicated in the agreement
MERGER
Filing Requirements
- Certificate of merger, legalized
LICENSE
Filing Requirements
- License agreement, legalized
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
5 years from filing date
As to form, novelty, and distinctiveness
Admissible
Allowed for four consecutive terms of 5 years each
REGISTRATION
Filing Requirements
- POA, simply signed
- Specifications describing the design
- Drawings, paintings, graphics, photographic or similar representations of the design
- Statement to indicate the specific date of disclosure of an industrial design to the public
- Copy of priority document, if priority is claimed, certified
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