Turkish Patent and Trademark Office (TURKPATENT) has taken some measures to protect the personal data under the Law No. 6608 for the protection of the personal data.
The measures cover important restrictions for preventing the revelation of personal data on online patent, trademark and design search and registry tools and in the official gazettes for patents, trademarks, and designs.
With the new measures being introduced, the below-listed personal data will not be disclosed in the online search tools and the official gazettes:
- addresses of inventors or designers,
- addresses of applicants and rights owners being natural persons,
- email addresses of inventors or designers,
- phone numbers of inventors or designers
The measures also cover the personal data of Turkish patent and trademark agents being natural person. Turkish patent and trademark agents will have the freedom of choice which of their personal data can be displayed or listed in the online search and registry tools, and the list of the patent and trademark agents provided by TURKPATENT.
While the personal data is no longer provided on the online search and registry tools and the official gazettes, the third parties will be able to obtain the contact details of the applicants/rights owners by filing a special request at TURKPATENT where such data is necessary for the purposes of court actions, mediation or license etc. In this case, the third parties demanding the contact details will have to electronically sign a statement of liability for use of the related data and such data will be sent by e-mail upon their signing such statement.
The data of the legal entities will remain available to the public as usual after their patent, trademark or design applications being published.
TURKPATENT has published a clarification text for the new practice.
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