Turkey Trademark - Design Protection

	Turkey Trademark
	Patent Trademark

	Design Rights

	Design Protection

Design Protection

Industrial Design Protection
Terms of Protection

Protection shall be granted to a design which is new and has an individual character. Designs of products which are parts of complex items shall be protected if and when the design of the part itself is new and has individual character.

Novelty
A design shall be considered new if before the date of reference no identical design has been made available to the public in the world. Designs differing only in immaterial details shall be deemed to be identical. To make available to the public shall cover of all actions of sale, use, publication, publicity, exhibiting, or such similar activities.

Designs contrary to public order and general morality principles are not be protected.
Designs resulting from a technical function which does not leave to the designer any freedom in the design characteristics and elements fall outside the scope of protection.
Designs that must necessarily be produced in its exact form and dimensions in order to enable the product in which the design is incorporated or to which it is applied to be mechanically assembled or connected with other products fall outside the scope of protection.

Term of Protection of the Registered Design

The term of protection of the registered design is five tears from the date of filing of the application. The term of protection is renewable for periods of five years each up to a total term of 25 years.