Extensive Patent Protection Available Under Turkish Patent Laws

1. Turkey and International Patent Treaties
Turkey has been a party to the Paris Convention since 1925 and to the WTO Treaty and the TRIPS. The Patent Laws of Turkey was re drafted in 1995 to comply with the treaties mentioned. Until 1995 the Turkish Patent Law was developed by the Practice and court's jurisprudence in light of the Paris Convention. Turkey also acceded to the Patent Co-operation Treaty PCT allowing applications within WIPO, and the Strasbourg Treaty regarding International Patent Classification.

2. Domestic Turkish Patent Laws
With the 1995 amendments Turkey has brought its patent registration and protection laws to the level of standards in the International Treaties. However the Patent Protection for pharmaceuticals will be available from the 1st of January 1999 while it is possible to register patents now. There are no so called pipe-line patent protection for pharmaceuticals that may have been patented elsewhere.