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Design protection conditions
Design protection depends on novelty and individual character, considering the informed user’s overall impression and the designer’s freedom.
Türkiye: practical decision and evidence
Design protection depends on novelty and individual character, considering the informed user’s overall impression and the designer’s freedom. Compare dated earlier appearances. Mere novelty in a product name does not establish a protectable appearance.
Worked file: two designs differ in a small surface detail but share most visible features. Compare the overall impression for the informed user and the freedom available to the designer. Record prior disclosures and relevant differences; simply counting changed parts is not the legal assessment.
Preliminary design search
Search earlier design publications, product catalogues and dated market disclosures. Compare visible features and overall impressions rather than only product names. A database search with no matching result does not guarantee novelty or individual character.
Design: twelve-month disclosure exception
For Turkish design protection, examine the twelve-month disclosure exception against the actual disclosure date, person and circumstances. Retain dated catalogues and launch records. Do not treat this exception as a safe worldwide filing strategy; other countries can apply different rules.
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.
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.
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