Aim of the Bill
With the Industrial Property Law Bill1
("Bill") presented to the Turkish Grand National Assembly
on April 6th, 2016, it is intended to protect the rights with
regard to trademarks, geographical indications, designs, patents,
utility model and traditional product names. As specified in the
preamble of the Bill ("Preamble"), in parallel with
Turkey's economic development, there has been significant
progress in the field of industrial property rights, the
applications of patents, designs and trademarks, in particular,
have significantly increased. In line with the improvements in the
industrial property field, and for the purpose of ensuring
compliance with European Union regulations and international
agreements, the Bill was drafted and, in this regard, it is
expected to bring solutions to the problems encountered in
practice, and to contribute to the realization of technologic,
economic and social progress.
