Interface and icon designs

Türkiye: practical decision and evidence

For interface and icon designs, define the specific visual state and prepare clear screenshots or representations. Record creation and first disclosure, and distinguish appearance from software functionality. Source code and an interface image protect different subject matter.

Worked file: an application shows several screen states without explaining which appearance is sought. Define the visual designs, prepare consistent screenshots and preserve disclosure dates. Distinguish interface design protection from software behaviour and consider target-country representation rules before combining views.

Design representations

Prepare consistent views that disclose the same design and its relevant visible features. Explain omitted views and any excluded parts where required. Mixed colours, inconsistent shapes or unclear contours can leave the intended protection uncertain.

Partial design protection

For a partial design, identify the visible part claimed and clearly distinguish the remainder. Make all views consistent with that choice and verify local representation practice. Ambiguous broken lines can be interpreted as decoration instead of excluded matter.

Confidentiality before patent filing

Before patent filing, control public presentations, offers, websites and disclosures to partners. Keep a dated disclosure chronology and signed confidentiality terms. A later confidentiality agreement cannot erase an earlier public disclosure; investigate the applicable country rules before relying on an exception.

Official filing and support

This guidance concerns Turkish rights unless a section expressly names another jurisdiction. Kayra can coordinate research, document preparation and follow-up. Registration, opposition and grant decisions belong to the competent office. Verify any required representative’s registration and authority before appointing them; court proceedings require appropriately qualified legal representation. The enquiry form requests consultancy, and does not itself file an official application.

Primary official sources

• TÜRKPATENT — Design applications and procedures
• WIPO Lex — Türkiye — Industrial Property Law No.6769
• TÜRKPATENT / ePATS — Official electronic application system
• WIPO / Hague — Guidance on design reproductions
• TÜRKPATENT — Patent and utility-model procedures