Trademark, invention or design: choosing support

Service purpose and initial file

This navigation service helps identify the industrial-property questions in a business project before selecting detailed support. A trademark concerns a sign and relevant goods or services; a patent or utility model concerns an eligible technical invention; a design concerns appearance. A single product can raise several different questions, but purchasing one service does not answer all of them. Begin with the business activities, product or technical teaching, proposed owner, territories and planned public disclosures.

Preparation and next action

Create an asset-and-question map rather than a generic protection bundle. For a sign, collect the exact wording or image and intended list; for an invention, the problem, solution and technical disclosure; for appearance, consistent visual representations and creator information. Separate title, confidentiality and timing questions and identify the required review for each. Select the relevant service and approve its scope only when the information and decision owner are clear.

Hypothetical initial-file decision

Hypothetically, an electronics venture sends its name, screen icon, enclosure image and circuit description as one patent request. Map each element to the question it actually raises. The name needs a sign-and-list discussion; the visible icon or enclosure needs an appearance assessment; the circuit needs a technical eligibility and disclosure review. Do not promise that all elements qualify, or that a trademark filing resolves the circuit. A practical first consultation identifies separate inputs, unresolved issues and the next competent assessment.

Official authority and consultancy limits

Kayra can help organise the map and coordinate agreed research or preparation. TÜRKPATENT and any expressly relevant foreign office decide their procedures; professional representation, disputed ownership and court work require the appropriate authority or advice. The enquiry form does not file an application or create a right. Record the chosen route, responsible person and exclusions so the next service starts from actual instructions, not an unsupported promise of full protection for the whole project.

Primary official sources

These dated official guides explain the cited subject and procedure. Before an actual instruction, check the applicable current rules, office event and fees; a guide reference is not clearance of every current legal amendment or of the individual file.

• TÜRKPATENT — Trademark guide 2023
• TÜRKPATENT — Patent and utility-model guide 2024
• TÜRKPATENT — Design guide 2025