Patents, Trade Marks, Copyright And Designs 2022 In Turkey

1. Provide a brief definition of a patent, the key legal requirements to obtain it and the law that applies.

A patent is an industrial property right that gives the patent owner the right to prevent third parties from certain activities such as producing, using, selling, or importing the product or process that is the subject of the invention for a 20-year period.

The applicant must prove the following to obtain a patent:

• Novelty.
• Inventive step.
• Industrial application.

(Article 82/1, Intellectual Property Law no. 6769 (IP Law).

The following are not considered inventions and therefore cannot be patented:

• Discoveries, scientific theories, and mathematical methods.