Intellectual and Industrial Law

Intellectual and Industrial Property is an insuperable part of legal, financial, social and cultural development of the countries. Therefore, due to including financial value, the intellectual and industrial property rights has become indispensable component for the business organizations.

The intellectual and industrial property consisting of Trademark, Patent, Utility Model, Industrial Design and Geographical Signs has become a significant means for progressing of the countries in terms of technological and economical. While the trade around the world is globalizing, the developing countries, like developed countries, has started to benefit from this means for their developments. Trademark and patent lawyers in Turkey provide any legal services to the companies and persons in Turkey about trademark registration in Istanbul, Turkey, patent registration in Istanbul, Turkey, industrial design registration in Istanbul, Turkey, trademark law and cases, patent law and litigation patent, industrial design law and litigations to their clients as trademark attorneys in Istanbul, patent lawyers in Istanbul, and in intellectual and industrial property in Istanbul, Turkey, filing a legal and criminal case for preventing trademark infringement in Turkey, collecting of counterfeit trademarks in Istanbul, protecting of trademark right, and in trademark litigations and trademark criminal litigations in Turkey, any trademark and patent law requested by the companies and individuals by trademark attorneys and patent lawyers. The intellectual and Industrial Property is now an indispensable factor to be an industrialized country. Intellectual and Industrial Property has become an element requiring legal protection in local and international area for the companies as a value well-accepted in Turkey and all over the world.

1-TRADEMARK IN TURKEY
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) defines the trademark as follows: “The trademark is a distinguishing mark produced or supplied by a particular person or organization, describing specific goods and services.” The trademark which is the shortest route to provide a trade corporation to promote itself and meet with the consumers functions as a bridge between the producer and consumer.

Trademark Registration in Istanbul, Turkey
» Provides priority in the market due to its distinguishing feature
» Reinforces the sense of fair trade. 
» Contributes to economic and social development for organization.
» Protects your property rights created by you.  
» Secures the fair competition in the environment in which globalization has accelerated.  
» Provides the exclusive rights of trademark holder to be protected. 
» Functions as an identity card in services. 
» Increases the profitability providing financial gain. 

The lawyers in Turkey, in the field of trademark law, also provide Turkey legal services as follows:
Applying for trademark registration in Turkey, Executing preliminary survey for trademark in Turkey, Following-up the registered trademarks in Turkey, Renewing of the registered trademarks documents in Turkey, Transferring and semi-transferring of the registered trademarks in Turkey, Incorporating of the registered trademarks in Turkey, Executing the inheritance transactions of the registered trademarks in Turkey, Executing license and license renewal transactions of the registered trademarks in Turkey, Changing the title of the registered trademarks in Turkey, Changing the address of the registered trademarks in Turkey, Executing change of type of the registered trademarks in Turkey, Requesting the copies of trademark registration certificate of the registered trademarks in Turkey, Executing the division transactions for trademark application of the registered trademarks in Turkey, Executing the mortgage transactions of the registered trademarks in Turkey, Applying for preferential right of the registered trademarks in Turkey, Preparing plea against the objections and challenges to be issued for the trademark applications published in official trademark bulletin during application for the trademark registration of the registered trademarks in Turkey, Objecting the Institute decision given relating to the registered trademarks in Turkey, Requesting to set official letter relating to the trademark information of the registered trademarks in Turkey, Preparing the information and documents that the Clients needed relating to the trademarks registered or applied in Turkey, before and after application of the related trademark.

The documents required for trademark registration application in Turkey:
Trademark Name and Sample
Power of Attorney in Turkey
Class List
Registration Application Fee Receip

2-PATENT IN TURKEY
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) defines the patent as follows: “Patent is a process providing a new path for conducting a new way or producing new technical solutions for an issue or an exclusive right vested for the product.     

Patent Protection in Turkey
An invention should bear features which can be applied to the industry, and being different from the new and common techniques in order to protect it with a patent. It provides protection with 20 years in a patent system with search and 7 years in the patent system without search.      

What is Utility Model Certificate?
In addition that it is a new document, the inventions not being different from common technique, but generating a new way for the technique and applying to the industry shall be protected by “Utility Model Document/Certificate. Protection period of Utility Model Document is 10 years from the date of application. After completing the period with 10 years, the related product shall be made public and can be used by everybody.
Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) has 115 countries as adherents.        

European Patent
Obtaining an easy and cheap patent is provided by single application in 20 member European countries. This protection period is 20 years.   

What rights does a patent provide to you?
» Patent prevents your technical inventions from being counterfeited by others.
» Patent gives you right of production and use for your inventions.
» Your inventions have become significant source of income for you.
» Exportation of your inventions contributes to development in Turkey.
» Patent enhances your competitive power in the market.
» Patent provides law enforcement power against imitators.
» Patent protects the functional features of your product.
» Patent adds privilege to your products in the market.

3-INDUSTRIAL DESIGN APPLICATION IN TURKEY
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) defines the industrial design as follows:
“An industrial design is the ornamental or aesthetic aspect of an article or product.” These designs may consist of three-dimensional features, such as the shape or surface of an article, or of two-dimensional features, such as patterns, lines or color. 

What types of designs can be registered?
The related designs to be registered should have a new and distinctive feature. If the same of a design, before registration application or priority date, is not released to the public, this design shall be deemed as new. While determining distinctiveness, the criteria whether or not there is a significant difference among the design and the general impression left by the related design on the user who has knowledge about the design and general impression left by that design on any user shall be considered.        

What does Industrial Design Registration provides? 
» It protects your creativity and products.
» It multiplies the choices offered to the consumers.
» It increases the competitive power of producers in the market.
» It ensures you to gain advantage against your competitors.
» It adds privilege to your products in the market.
» It qualifies jus against the imitators.
» It increases your profitability.
» It protects appearance and shape of your product.      

The Required Documents for Industrial Design Registration Application:
» Visual Representation for Design
» Power of Attorney in Turkey
» Authorized Signatures List
» Specification
» Classification

Odaman & Taskin Law Firm, trademark and patent lawyers in Turkey especially provide legal consulting services on trademark registration, transactions post-registration, prevention of trademark infringement, withdrawing the counterfeit goods in Istanbul, filing litigation and criminal action for trademark right protection, trademark litigations and trademark criminal defense action, and on trademark lawyers in Istanbul, trademark and patent law.