Intellectual and Industrial Rights Law
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a Patent?
It is a protection document that gives the inventor the right to prevent the unauthorized use, production, sale, sale or import of his invention by others for a certain period of time.
What is a Utility Model?
What is new in the world is that the owners of the inventions that can be applied to the industry are given the right to produce and market the product subject to this invention for 10 years.
What is the Difference Between Patent and Utility Model?
- In the Utility Model, the criterion of exceeding the known state of the technique is not sought,
- Protection times are different,
- No additional utility model certificate is given to the utility model certificate,
- Due to the lack of research and examination processes, granting a utility model certificate is more convenient in terms of both time and expense compared to granting a patent.Is a Patent Taken in a Country Valid All Over the World?
Patent protection of inventions is provided within the framework of national laws valid in each country. In other words, in order for an invention to be protected by a patent, a patent application must be filed in every country where protection is sought.
What is a Trademark?
Provided that it enables to distinguish the goods or services of one undertaking from the goods or services of another undertaking, a Trademark includes any signs that can be displayed by drawing or similarly expressed, published by print and reproduced, in particular words, figures, letters, numbers, form or packaging of goods, including personal names.
Ideas that are expressed by giving form are called the product of ideas. The branch of law developed to protect intellectual works as well as works of art is called intellectual and artistic works law. These legal rules come into play in order to prevent the owners of intellectual and artistic works from being victimized. Intellectual property law generally focuses on copyrights and industrial rights.
While intellectual property rights are basically divided into two as copyright and industrial property rights, industrial property rights are in themselves, it is divided into sub-sections such as trademark, patent, utility model, design. As a rule, industrial rights arise with registration.
Idea products can be listed as works, inventions, industrial designs, brands, integrated circuit topographies, trade names, geographical indications, business names, internet domain names, depending on the way they take shape. It is possible to give more of these examples because the law of intellectual and artistic works does not only cover them. For example, computer software is also considered within the scope of these legal rules.
The protection of intellectual products within the framework of laws is called intellectual property rights or intellectual property rights. These rights belong to the owner of the idea or artwork. Rights relating to works of science, literature or art are called “author rights”. Rights that arise in matters such as industrial designs, brands or geographical indications are also called “industrial rights”. Rights arising in subjects such as people who interpret works or producers who make various recordings are expressed as “rights related to the rights of the author”.
Demir Law Firm aims to provide effective, fast, economical and solution-oriented services by protecting the interests of its clients in the field of Intellectual and Industrial Property Law.
Within this context, Demir Law Firm provides legal services to its clients on the following matters regarding the Intellectual and Industrial Property Law:
- Objection to trademark publication,
- Preparation of counter-opinion petitions for objections to trademark publication,
- Objection to the decision of the Turkish Patent and Trademark Office,
- Arrangement of contracts related to legal transactions related to the trademark (Licensing, transfer, etc.),
- Trademark invalidation cases,
- Lawsuits arising from trademark infringement,
- Comprehensive consultancy support on issues such as temporary or indefinite transfer of copyrights, licensing processes, certification, royalty fees, and resolution of disputes with alternative solutions after disputes or resolution of disputes through judicial means,
- Evaluating the patentability status of new products and inventions, consultancy services to clients in patent registration applications, objection processes, negotiation and signature processes of license and transfer agreements related to patents,
- All cases related to intellectual property law.