The Utility Model protection has been available for some 25
years in the Turkish practice. With the exclusion of inventions
based on methods/processes and chemical/biological substances, the
Utility Model protection may still be an attractive option for
those having a technical solution being somehow obvious over the
available prior art.
With effect from the enactment of the Turkish Industrial
Property Law, January 2017, the Lawmaker introduced two substantial
requirements, which were not available in the abolished
legislation, being the mandatory novelty Search proceedings and the
claim content. In particular, features not contributing to the
invention are not taken into consideration for the assessment of
novelty.
