Turkey Provides Protection for Unregistered Designs
08-Jun-2017
ANKARA – The new Industrial Property Law No. 6769 (IP Law) has brought many amendments to the protection of Intellectual Property in Turkey, especially the industrial designs.
One of the major amendments to the industrial design’s rights is that the protection of unregistered industrial design became available in Turkey. The protection term of unregistered designs is three years starting from the design’s disclosure date.
According to this new law, owner of unregistered design can initiate infringement actions regarding the use of the subject design, he can only prevent third parties directly from using an identical or confusingly similar design.
For more information about protection of unregistered industrial designs in Turkey, please contact our office in Turkey at the following address:
Address: Tunus Cad. No. 15/4, 06680, Kavaklidere, Ankara-Turkey
Telephone: (00 90-312) 417 6095
Fax: (00 90-312) 417 0091
Email: turkey@agip.com
Contact: Hatice Toksoy (Mrs.)