Intellectual property in Türkiye

Intellectual Property

National Organisations: Turkey is adapting its legal framework of industrial property to fit with the directives of the EU. The main advances in this domain are the creation of the Turkish Patent and Trademark Office (TPTO), the introduction of a regime of penal sanctions and the updating of the Law on Trademarks through a series of decrees.
Turkey continues to implement its intellectual property rights (IPR) law, the Industrial Property Code No. 6769, which entered into force in 2017.
Regional Organisations: For the protection of patents: the European Patents Office.
International Membership: Member of the WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization)
Signatory to the Paris Convention For the Protection of Intellectual Property
Membership to the TRIPS agreement - Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS)

Type of property and law	Validity	International Agreements Signed
Patent Law No. 6769 of December 22, 2016, on Industrial Property	20 years maximum	Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT)
Trademark Law No. 6769 of December 22, 2016, on Industrial Property	10 years	Trademark Law Treaty Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks
Design Law No. 6769 of December 22, 2016, on Industrial Property	10 years, renewable once
Copyright Law of Literary and Artistic Works No. 5846 (Law No. 5846)	During the life of the author and until 70 years after death	Berne convention For the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works Rome ConventionFor the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organizations WIPO Copyright Treaty WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty
Industrial Models Law No. 6769 of December 22, 2016, on Industrial Property	10 years

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