Application has been made in Turkey and registration marks are protected only within the borders of Turkey. Brand owners exports, fair participation abroad in countries such as the dealership to remove the outside border of the products and services brand needs to be registered in a country or countries concerned.
In other countries, trademark registration system is registered in the four different brands;
International Trademark Registration (Madrid Protocol System)
Community Trademark Registration System
National Trademark Registration
Regional Trademark Registration
1. International Trademark Registration (Madrid Protocol System)
International Trademark Registration in Turkey in 1999 with being members of the Madrid Protocol, a single application in multiple countries including the European Union or is a system for providing protection in all countries.
Madrid Protocol in accordance with procedures authorized for the International Trademark Registration, Switzerland in Geneva the World Intellectual Property Örgütü'dür. (WIPO - World Intellectual Property Office). (WIPO - World Intellectual Property Office). Registration, according to the Madrid Protocol member countries may include some or all of the.
For international trademark registration, trademark application or registration in Turkey for the same brand is a prerequisite.
European Community member countries to provide protection with a single application and is a system which may be applicable in all countries. Community Trademark Registration is authorized to protect the so-called office, the Internal Market in Spain, including integration. (OHIM-Office For Harmonization In The Internal Market) (OHIM-Office for harmonization in the Internal Market)
A single trademark application, the Community member states in the trademark registration certificate is valid. Turkish citizens in accordance with the Paris Convention and the European Community in the Community Trademark registration may be can provide protection.
Applications submitted after the OHIM'e, conditions in terms of shape is to analyze and separate from each member country has received reports of research results with the application of information and possible objections to detect editing a research report will inform the applicant.
Bulk registration systems (European Union Community System, WIPO) for other countries are not members of the protection may be provided by individual appeal. National trademark registration process, according to the principle of reciprocity between countries that transactions are executed. Each country's national application procedure will vary.
Trademark application and registration costs vary by country. Registration cost, according to legal regulations of the country concerned about the registration of more than one class of goods or services that the application to appeal in the case of the feed increases.
Applications for registration of trademark registration certificate with the elapsed time between the retrieval of approximately 2 to 4 years are up. However, this time in some countries may take up to 5 years.
4. Regional Trademark Registration System
Regional Trademark Registration, with the coming together of more than one country are valid in the member countries and regional quality protection system.
BENELUX
Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg, has developed the country BENELUX TRADEMARK REGISTRATION system. Benelux Trademark Office with a single application, the protection covers three countries.
OAPI
OAPI-African Intellectual Property Organization member countries (Benin, Burkina-Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Guinea (Conakry), Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal , Togo) regional trademark protection is provided with a single application.
