Business brief 2012: Turkey

01-01-2012

Hamdi Yasaman and Fülürya Yusufoğlu

The current law governing patent practice in Turkey is Decree-Law No. 551 pertaining to the protection of utility models and patent rights in Turkey, which has been in force since June, 1995.

Patents

How do you register or secure patent rights, and is national or international coverage most appropriate?

The current law governing patent practice in Turkey is Decree-Law No. 551 pertaining to the protection of utility models and patent rights in Turkey, which has been in force since June, 1995. To secure a patent, applicants can apply to the Turkish Patent Office and in order to protect an invention under patent law, the invention must be novel, advance the state of the art and be industrially applicable.


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