Turkey Updates Trademark Classification System For Goods And Services İn Line With WIPO Standards

Turkey has updated classification of goods and services for trademark application purposes, to be compatible with the World Intellectual Property Organization's ("WIPO") 11th edition of the Nice Classification. Additional explanations are introduced for some subclass headings, along with introduction of new sub-classes (such as "Electricity Energy" and "Social Network Creating Services"). The changes resolve certain issues which arose from Turkey's national classification system being incompatible with WIPO practices.

Communiqué Number 2016/02 on Classification of Goods and Services for Trademark Applications before the Turkish Patent and Trademark Office ("Communiqué"), was published in Official Gazette number 29934 on 30 December 2016, entering into effect on 1 January 2017.