LISTING OF DOCUMENTS NEEDED TO SUPPORT
A TRADE/SERVICE MARK APPLICATION (TO BE) FILED IN TURKEY
ACCORDING TO THE NEW DECREE-LAW NO. 556, IN FORCE AS FROM JUNE 27, 1995
POWER OF ATTORNEY
- The Power of Attorney is to be simply signed / executed by the applicant. No other legalization, whether Notarial or otherwise is needed for filing an application and other actions pertaining to trademarks, to the exception of:
- The petition of withdrawal or of the voluntary cancellation / annulation of the trademark application / registration necessitate the filing of a Notarial legalized power of attorney.
During its examination, the Turkish Patent Institute may specially request to submit the following documents in support of the application:
7x7 mm. TM/word-logo sample-representation
IN THE CASE OF A CLAIM OF THE UNION PRIORITY:
THE CERTIFIED COPY OF THE PRIORITY APPLICATION / REGISTRATION INCLUDING THE PRIORITY DATE AND NUMBER
- According to Article 28, parag. 1 of the Decree-Law No. 556, "if the (claimed) right of priority is not documented within three months of the filing of the application by submitting the declaration / document of priority, the priority is considered not to have been claimed”. In case, the certified copy of the claimed priority is not filed before the Turkish Patent Institute within three months after the filing date at the latest, the application will be prosecuted as a non-convention application.
- According to Article Article 12/i of the Regulation, in case the priority is claimed from an official or officially recognized exhibition held in a Paris Union Country, a (priority) document / declaration is to be obtained from the authority of the country of exhibition attesting the official opening date of the exhibition and the date when the concerned good(s) / service(s) have been exhibited. This certificate should further include:
- the certified specimen of the concerned mark,
- a representation of the exposed good(s) bearing the concerned mark,
- a representation of the (exposed) packaging bearing the concerned mark.
- a certificate certifying the date of exhibition of the exposed good(s) and official opening date of the exhibition.
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