January 14, 2016

Turkey: IP protection fees increase

With reference to the official Turkish Patent Institute website, fees for the IP protection matters in Turkey were slightly changed. In particular, fees for entering PCT national phase, filing an industrial design and trademark application, European patent validation fee, as well as other basic IP relation fees, were increased by 5-10%.

Amendments came into force on January 1, 2016. Our quotation system has been updated accordingly.

Comparative table of the basic official fee amendments in Turkey is represented below:

 

  2015 fees, TL 2016 fees, TL 2016 fees in EUR, approx. Increase, %
Patents for invention
Filing a patent application 40 40 12 0%
Filing fee for applications which have priority (up to 8 priorities) 50 55; 17 10%
Fee for entering PCT national phase 600 660 199 10%
Fee for requesting extension of time for entering the PCT national phase 300 330 100 10%
Patent grant fee 280 290 88 4%
Fee for European patent validation 800 880 266 10%
Utility models
Filing a utility model application 40 40 12 0%
Filing fee for applications which have priority 50 55 17 10%
Utility model grant fee 280 290 88 4%
Industrial designs
Filing an industrial design application (one design) 130 135 41 4%
− for each additional design 55 60 18 9%
Claiming priority 140 150 45 7%
Trademarks
Filing a trademark application (single class) 180 190 57 6%
− for each additional class 180 190 57 6%
Claiming priority 140 150 45 7%
Trademark registration fee 520 530 160 2%
Trademark renewal fee 620 640 193 3%
Late renewal fee 930 960 290 3%

Author: Lynda Miller

 

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