Legal articles

The same articles as the Turkish library, written in English. Each one stays tied to a practice area. A translated article is the one to open. Where the English text is not published yet, the Turkish original remains the source.

• How Are a Trade Secret and Know-How Protected?

  A trade secret and know-how need secrecy, commercial value, and a keeping measure. There is no register. A term of protection is not invented here.

• Is Database Protection Copyright?

  Database protection separates the labour of compiling from the investment. No term is invented. The contract, register, and documents are read together.

• Is a Logo a Trade Mark or Copyright?

  A logo is a trade-mark debate as a source sign and a copyright debate as a drawing. No term of years is added. The register and the contract are read.

• How Is Packaging Design Protected?

  The form of packaging is read as a design registration or as a sign. The two registers are read apart. A term of protection is not frozen in this text.

• Who Holds the Copyright in a Musical Work?

  Copyright in a musical work reads composition, lyrics and performance apart. The layers are not reduced to one contract. No rate or term is stated here.

• What Are Moral Rights in Copyright?

  Moral rights in copyright are tied to the author's person. They are read apart from an assignment of economic rights. No term is frozen in this text.

• Is an International Design Application the Hague System?

  An international design filing is made through the Hague system. No term of protection is added. The register and the application are read together.

• What Is a Multiple Design Application For?

  A multiple design application puts several appearances in one file. Each image is read on its own. No term of protection is stated. The register is what counts.

• What Does Novelty Mean in a Design?

  Novelty in a design means the same appearance was not made public. No year of protection is added. Distinctiveness is kept apart. The document is what counts.

• Is It Registration of an Industrial Design?

  Industrial design registration protects appearance for five years and does not pass twenty-five. No new year is added. The image is what is read.

• Is It a Patent or a Trade Secret?

  A patent seeks a monopoly for disclosure. A trade secret lasts while it stays confidential. They are not both built for every element. No year is added.

• How Is a Patent Application Amended?

  An amendment in a patent application stays inside the first text. Claims are read apart from the description. No amendment day or patent year is written.

• What Happens If a Patent Application Is Refused?

  A patent refusal is a decision not tied to registration. The ground and the service are read together. No objection day is written in this article.

• Who Owns an Employee Invention?

  An employee invention is ownership of an invention arising in service. The notice and the contract are read apart. No numerical share is in this article.

• What Is Publication of a Patent Application For?

  Publication of a patent opens the file to the public. It is not registration. No publication day or patent year is written. The date is read from the bulletin.

• What Happens If the Annual Patent Fee Is Not Paid?

  The annual patent fee keeps protection running for a period. No amount, percentage or patent year is written here. The register entry is what controls.

• What Is an International Patent Application under the PCT?

  The PCT buys time in many countries with one application. The national phase is a separate entry, not a world registration. No day or year is added.

• What Is Inventive Step in a Patent?

  Inventive step is the requirement that the invention is not obvious to a skilled person. No patent year is added. Novelty is read apart from this test.

• What Is the Novelty Requirement in a Patent?

  Novelty means the invention was not known before. It is read apart from inventive step. The moment of filing controls. There is no promise of grant.

• How Is a Patent Application Made?

  A patent application runs on the description, the claims and the abstract. No filing day or patent year is added. The term is not a filing step.