Protect your product’s distinctive appearance.
Pre-filing checklist
Conflicting angles and unnecessary backgrounds can make the scope unclear.
We help secure legal protection for your innovative designs.
We help secure legal protection for your innovative designs. We research, protect and manage your design rights in line with your business strategy.
We help secure your design’s distinctive value.
Images showing your product from different angles play an important role in defining the scope of protection in a design application.
In practice, the product category, the country concerned, existing registrations and the way the design is used commercially must be considered together.
In practice, the product category, the country concerned, existing registrations and the way the design is used commercially must be considered together. A standard checklist may not be sufficient on its own; the scope of research and the legal consequences vary according to the specific documents. At this stage Kupon Patent helps gather the necessary documents, classify the risks and prepare reasoned decisions.
First, the product or right is defined; then the existing documents and data sources are reviewed. Once the comparative assessment is complete, the key findings, uncertainties, priority actions and a follow-up schedule are set out in writing.
What is a design registration application?
In Türkiye, design rights are protected under Industrial Property Law No. 6769 and the related legislation.
In Türkiye, design rights are protected under Industrial Property Law No. 6769 and the related legislation. A design is the appearance of the whole or a part of a product resulting from features such as its lines, shape, form, colour, material or surface texture. Design protection is different from the protection of a technical invention by a patent.
Design Registration Application is a specialist field focused on establishing the right relationship between the appearance of the product, legal protection and business goals in managing design rights. Kupon Patent provides advice on identifying needs and building a course of action suited to the specific file.
The application file and TÜRKPATENT procedures
Photographs or drawings should show the appearance of the product to be protected clearly and consistently. Conflicting angles and unnecessary backgrounds can make the scope unclear.
The product name and an appropriate classification support the organisation of the application. The class alone does not determine the scope of protection.
Electronic filing, formal examination, assessments under the related legislation, publication and registration stages are followed. Oppositions and deficiency notices must be dealt with within the time limits.
Protection of a registered design lasts five years from the filing date; it can be maintained for up to 25 years in total through five-year renewals.
Registration in Türkiye is not automatically valid abroad. National, regional or international filing options are planned according to the target countries.
WHAT DO WE PROTECT?
In Türkiye, design rights are protected under Industrial Property Law No. 6769 and the related legislation. A design is the appearance of the whole or a part of a product resulting from features such as its lines, shape, form, colour, material or surface texture. Design protection is different from the protection of a technical invention by a patent. Design Registration Application is a specialist field focused on establishing the right relationship between the appearance of the product, legal protection and business goals in managing design rights. Kupon Patent provides advice on identifying needs and building a course of action suited to the specific file.
Protection of a registered design lasts five years from the filing date; it can be maintained for up to 25 years in total through five-year renewals.
Registration in Türkiye is not automatically valid abroad. National, regional or international filing options are planned according to the target countries.
In practice, the product category, the country concerned, existing registrations and the way the design is used commercially must be considered together. A standard checklist may not be sufficient on its own; the scope of research and the legal consequences vary according to the specific documents. At this stage Kupon Patent helps gather the necessary documents, classify the risks and prepare reasoned decisions. First, the product or right is defined; then the existing documents and data sources are reviewed. Once the comparative assessment is complete, the key findings, uncertainties, priority actions and a follow-up schedule are set out in writing.
