Patents Throughout The World Chapter 169 Turkey

Law

At national level, the main sources of patent law are the:

1. Industrial Property Code No. 6769 (IP Code);
2. Regulation on the Implementation of the IP Code;
3. Regulation on Employees' Invention, Inventions Realised in Higher Education Institutions and Inventions Realised as a Result of Publicly Funded Projects; and
4. Regulation on the Implementation of the European Patent Convention Regarding the Grant of European Patents in Turkey.

Conventions

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

1. Strasbourg Agreement Concerning the International Patent Classification 1971;
2. Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property 1883 (Paris Convention);