As a precaution for prevent the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey, The Law No. 7226 on the Amendment of Certain Laws (The Law) was adopted and published in the Official Gazette on March 26, 2020.
Within the scope of Article 1, The Law also covers the periods specified in the Industrial Property Law No. 6769. Accordingly, all processing times and deadlines related to the industrial property legislation ceased as of 13 March 2020.
Within the framework of the authority granted under the Provisional Article 1/1 provision of the Law, the processing times and deadlines were extended until June 15, 2020 (including this date) with the Decision No 2480 of the President at 29 April 2020.
TURKPATENT has released a new detailed announcement regarding processing times and deadlines of industrial property applications as follows:
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Case |
The Last Date When the Process Can Be Performed According to The Law No. 7226 |
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Given time limit expires on 12 March 2020 or in an earlier date |
The last process date will not change. |
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2 |
Given time limit expires on or between 13 March 2020 – 27 March 2020 (Including specified dates) |
30 June 2020 |
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3 |
Given time limit expires on or between 28 March 2020 – 15 June 2020 (including specified dates) |
The remaining time as of 13 March 2020 will be added to 16 June 2020 for the process to be carried out (including specified dates). |
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4 |
Given time limit starts before 13 March 2020 and expires on or after 16 June 2020 |
95 days will be added to the end date of the period given by the Office. |
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Given time limit starts on or between 13 March 2020 – 15 June 2020 (including specified dates) |
The period given by the Office will start on 16 June 2020. |
The latest announcement of TURKPATENT can be found on the link.
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NAZALI TAX & LEGAL |