Patent Litigation 2020 In Turkey

1. What are the principal sources of law and regulation relating to patents and patent litigation?

Turkey is a party to almost all international treaties relating to intellectual property, including the:

• WIPO Strasbourg Agreement Concerning the International Patent Classification 1971.
• WIPO Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property 1883 (Paris Convention).
• Patent Cooperation Treaty 1970 (PCT).
• European Patent Convention 1973 (EPC).
• WTO Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights 1994 (TRIPS).

These agreements are directly applicable in Turkey and therefore sources of patent law. At national level, the main sources of patent law are the: