Novartis loses a Glivec patent case in Turkey

The Turkish Constitutional Court has ruled that there has been no violation of the property rights due to the invalidation of one of "Glivec®" patents of Novartis in Turkey. The Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis filed an international patent...

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TURKPATENT has reduced some of official fees up to 40%

Turkish Patent and Trademark Office (TURKPATENT) reduced some official fees up to 40%. New fees were published on September 05, 2018 in the Turkish Official fees. The discount covers patent filing fee, patent registration fee, assignment fee, 1 to 10...

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TURKPATENT established a public company for commercialization of the IP rights

Turkish Patent and Trademark Office (TURKPATENT) has established a public company for commercializing the industrial property rights, i.e. patents, utility models, trademarks, designs and geographical signs. The company is named "Turkish Industrial Property...

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Digital Transformation in TURKPATENT

Turkish Patent and Trademark Office (TURKPATENT) has announced that "Digital Archive Project", which was launched in 2015 to transfer approximately 65 million page documents in TURKPATENT's archives to electronic media was completed as from the end of 2017. ...

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Turkish inventions will be exhibited in Geneva

Turkish Patent and Trademark Office is participating in the 46th International Exhibition of  Inventions of Geneva in Switzerland, from April 11th to April 15th, 2018, with three domestic inventors and their inventions. Various 1000 inventions...

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Domestic cancer drugs to be produced and patented

The following is the translation of the news published on Turkish daily "Sabah" on March 05, 2018. Please click here to find the original publication. Turkey has given a start for the domestic production of cancer drugs. The world-wide famous pharmaceutical...

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Its domestic was 11,00 TRY, but now 303,00 EURO

The following news was published in Turkish daily "Vatan" on 19 February 2018 (please click here to see the original publication) and should not be associated with the owner of the blog. The translation of the news is presented in this blog for information...

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The decisions of Intellectual and Industrial Property Courts of Turkey will become electronically accessible

Ministry of Justice of Turkey has gradually started to give online access to the decisions of intellectual property and industrial property rights courts and the commercial civil courts for allowing the investors informed of the judicial processes. As...

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TURKPATENT has opened "Patent Training Unit" for the secondary and university students

In cooperation with Turkish Patent and Trademark Office (TÜRKPATENT) and General Directorate for Secondary Education of the Ministry of Education, a patent training unit (Patent Workshop) within the organizational body of TURKPATENT has been opened to provide...

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TURKPATENT has brought clarification regarding the search and preliminary examination fees

Turkish Patent and Trademark Office (TURKPATENT) has announced that the applicants of the international patent applications (so-called PCT applications) should pay the search and preliminary examination fees in PCT Fee Tables declared by World Intellectual...

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Turkey is expanding the scope of its Patent Support Program to increase the patenting activity in the country

Patent Support Program, which is conducted in cooperation with The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) and Turkish Patent and Trademark Office (TURKPATENT), has been amended. TUBITAK and TURKPATENT signed a new protocol...

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Summit on Artificial Intelligence, Industry 4.0. and Intellectual Property Law to be held on February 12th, 2018

"Summit on Artificial Intelligence, Industry 4.0. and Intellectual Property Law", organized by Research and Application Center for Intellectual and Industrial Rights (FISAUM) of Ankara University in Turkey, will be held on February 12th, 2018. During...

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Turkey tops trademark filings in Europe in 2017

Prof. Dr. Habib Asan, the President of Turkish Patent and Trademark Office (TURKPATENT), has given an interview regarding the industrial property activities and statistics in 2017 to Turkey's official news agency, Anadolu Agency (AA), on 26 January 2017. Here...

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Turkish Plant Variety Office has announced its new schedule of fees for 2018.

Turkish Plant Variety Office (also known as Central Directorate for Seed Registry and Certification (TTSMO)) announces its schedule of fees at the beginning of each year. The Office has announced its new schedule of fees on 17 January 2018. The schedule...

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Twitter's long struggle to register Periscope in Turkey

Twitter is not able to register its brand Periscope for live broadcasting and streaming services in Turkey. The recent court decision has confirmed that the trademark application filed by Twitter for Periscope is not allowable due to earlier registered...

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Turkish Patent and Trademark Office has released a revised version of its Strategy Document setting out its objectives for the next 5 years.

Turkish Patent and Trademark Office (TURKPATENT) is regularly preparing and releasing strategy documents setting out objectives and goals every five years. The Strategy Document for five years had been already issued early last year. However, as the...

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Turkish Patent and Trademark Office has announced its performance goals for 2018.

Turkish Patent and Trademark Office (TURKPATENT) conventionally announces its performance goals and objectives at the beginning of each year. TURKPATENT has released its Performance Document on 11 January 2018. In the preface of the Document, Chief...

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Vocational qualification exams for becoming Turkish patent and trademark attorney to be held on January 21, 2018.

The candidates who passed the general qualification exams for becoming Turkish patent attorney and trademark attorney held on November 11, 2017 will take their vocational qualification exams on January 21, 2018. Vocational qualification exam for becoming...

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Payment periods for renewal fees of Turkish trademarks and designs will change from January 10, 2018

New Industrial Property Code came into force last year on January 10, 2017 in Turkey. The Code prescribes the followings for the trademark and designs renewal fee due dates: Renewal fees for trademarks shall be due on the anniversary day of the filing...

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New practice for due dates for renewal fees of Turkish trademarks and designs to be applied as from January 10, 2018

Turkey introduced its New Industrial Property Code of Laws for patents, trademarks, designs, geographical indications last year on January 10, 2017. According to the New Code, renewal fees for trademarks (every 10 years) and designs (every 5 years but...

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