- General
Information in IP Protection in Turkey
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Legislation in Turkey in IP Protection
- International
Agreements of Which Turkey is Party
- Patent
Protection in Turkey
- Patent
Protection on Pharmaceutical Products and Processes
- Trademark
Protection in Turkey
- Industrial
Design Protection in Turkey
- Enforcement
of Industial Property Protection
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Documents
Needed for Application (filing) of Industrial Propert Rights.
General Information
in IP Protection in Turkey
Turkey
has established an efficient and strong industrial property system
in 1994 and 1995 by adopting several Laws, Decree Laws, Regualtions
and by participating all important international agreements in the
field of industrial property protection. The system is fully compatible
to the systems of all developped countries. All the registration
and enforcement procedures are similar to other develepped systems.
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Name
of the Legislation
Decree Law No: 544 for Establishment
and Functions of Turkish Patent Institute (TPI),
Decree Law No: 551 for Protection of
Patent Rights,
Decree Law No: 554 for Protection of
Industrial Designs,
Decree Law No: 555 for Protection of
Geographical Indications,
Decree Law No: 556 for Protection of
Trademarks,
Decree Law No: 566 for Amendment of
the Transition Period of Patent Protection of Pharmaceutical and
Veterinary Products and Processes,
Law No: 4128 Dated November 7, 1995
for Addition of Penal Provisions to the Decree Laws No: 551, 554,
555 and 556
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Date
of Entry into Force
June 24, 1994
June 27, 1995
June 27, 1995
June 27, 1995
June 27, 1995
September 22, 1995
November 7, 1995 |
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TITLE
OF THE CONVENTION / AGREEMENT / TREATY
PARIS CONVENTION FOR THE PROTECTION OF INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY
CONVENTION ESTABLISHING WIPO
AGREEMENT ESTABLISHING WTO AND TRIPS
AGREEMENT
PATENT CO-OPERATION TREATY (PCT)
EUROPEAN PATENT CONVENTÝON (EPC)
STRASBOURG AGREEMENT CONCERNING THE
INTERNATIONAL PATENT CLASSIFICATION (IPC)
BUDAPEST AGREEMENT ON THE INTERNATIONAL
RECOGNITION OF THE DEPOSIT OF MICRO-ORGANISMS FOR THE PURPOSES OF
PATENT PROCEDURE
PROTOCOL RELATING TO MADRID
AGREEMENT CONCERNING THE INTERNATIONAL REGISTRATION OF MARKS
NICE AGREEMENT CONCERNING THE INTERNA-TIONAL CLASSIFICATION
OF GOODS AND SERVICES FOR THE PURPOSES OF REGISTRATION OF MARKS
VIENNA AGREEMENT ESTAB-LISHING AN INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION
OF THE FIGURATIVE ELEMENTS OF MARKS
LOCARNO AGREEMENT ESTABLISHING AN INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION
FOR INDUSTRIAL DESIGNS
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DATE
OF ACCEESSION
1925
1976
1 January 1995
1 January 1996
1 November 2000
1 October 1996
30 November 1998
1 January 1999
30 November 1998
1 January 1996
30 November 1998 |
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