Sezer Patent

As for the required documents for application:

1) What documents shall we provide?
a. Name, address, nationality of the applicant
b. Drawings of design
c. Specifications
d. List of authorized signatures
e. Power of Attorney simply signed
f. Priority document

2) Which of them is required to be notarized and/ or legalized??
None of them is need to notarized or legalized

3) Can we send you all required document by email? Or, we have to send the originals by airmail?
You can send us all required document by email.

4) If the trademark contains some Chinese Characters, do we have to provide its transliteration and translations?
Translation will be good for our search. No need to transliteration if you will use the Chinese version.

As for the procedure:

1) If we’d like to conduct a search first, how long will it take?
There is no design search in Turkey

2) After we file the application, when can we get the application number and the application date?
Off course you will get the application number and application date

3) Will there be an Official Filing Receipt or a Notice of Acceptance of Application issued by your government? If so, when can we receive it after filing?
Yes there is an official receipt. We usually receive the notice one month from the application and we will fax it at same day.

4) Application is published after 18 months from the priority date or application date.

5) How long does the period of Publication last?
It longs 6 months.

6) Without any office action or opposition. How long does it take from filing the application to obtaining the certificate?
6-7 months

7) We’d like to be informed whether the term of validity takes effect from the date of application or the date of registration?
The term of validity takes effect from the date of application.

8) Please kindly advise us the validity period of design right.
If there is no opposition or refusal in validity period you can use your design as registered. I mean you can use your design as a registered one until an opposition or refusal in the validity period.

9) What is kind of Classification your country applies?
Locarno Classification

10) For renewal, when could we apply for it? How long will the grace periods last?
Every 5 year from the registration you have to renew your registration. If you miss the period there is a surcharge for six months. After this 6 months it will be abandoned. Max. validation is 25 years.

11) We used to require our partnership to file the application before the arrival of POA, in this case, will you charge us for later filing document?
There is no extra fee for late submission of POA until registration date. If you will not submit the POA for registration it will abandoned.