What is design?

Design is the appearance of the whole or part of the product or the ornamentation on it, resulting from features such as line, shape, form, color, material or surface texture.

The competent authority for design registration in Turkey is the Turkish Patent and Trademark Office (TÜRKPATENT for short). The scope of protection is defined by the Industrial Property Law No. 6769.

Advantages of registration?

  • With the Design Registration Certificate, your designs become official.
  • Protects your business and products against unregistered designs and counterfeits.
  • It prevents unfair profit attempts resulting from the unauthorized use of your designs and enables the imposition of sanctions.
  • Ensures that government grants and subsidies are utilized.
  • It eliminates risks against your competitors in your commercial life.
  • It prevents possible dispute risks during export.
  • It increases the value of your products and the competitiveness of your business.

Anadolu Patent Services

Although design research is difficult, it is possible to conduct research on the design class, keywords of the design, and applicant information. The results are a source for the design registration process.

In this way, possible risks can be analyzed before the application phase and alternative solutions can be offered by drawing a road map.

The penal provisions for the use of unregistered designs in a way that constitutes an act of infringement of the rights of others, knowingly or unknowingly, are quite high. As well as damaging commercial reputation.

Register your designs as soon as possible to avoid becoming an imitator when you are the rightful owner.

With our WIPmark® Monitoring Service, your designs are monitored and protected against similar or imitations.

For more details, please see our service page, please click here.

Within the 3-month period of publication of the design applied for registration in the Official Design Bulletin, the right holder has the right to object with the claim of right ownership. The objections made may be evaluated by TURKPATENT experts and the design application may be rejected.

The most important point in the objection procedures is the objection petitions prepared with the combination of experience and legal resources together with the evidentiary documents proving the right ownership.

Lawsuits can be filed against counterfeit products produced or sold or your designs used without permission in accordance with the relevant laws or other legal proceedings such as warning notices can be carried out.

Designs registered by TURKPATENT are protected for 5 years from the date of application. This period may be extended for a total of up to 25 years, renewable in 5-year periods.

In order to avoid any problems in the protection of your design rights, changes in the title, type and address of the design owner; changes in the right ownership of the design through transfer, license, merger, division or inheritance; and transactions such as attachment and pledge should be recorded in the register before the TÜRKPATENT.

Reports are prepared by analyzing the sector and your competitors, and the necessary strategies for your company and designs are determined according to the results.

All rights belonging to your company are managed by our experts and you are prevented from losing your rights.