Design renewals and assignments require clean register data

A renewal preserves the existing registered design for the available protection period; it does not expand the filed representations. An assignment changes ownership and must match the parties and design numbers shown in the Turkish register.

We check proprietor data, registration status, multiple-design components, renewal dates and the execution of assignment documents. Related address or company-name changes are identified before recordal.

For a portfolio transaction, schedules should identify each individual design within a multiple registration and state whether every component is transferred. Execution formalities, translations and signatory authority are checked before the Turkish recordal request is filed.

Your instruction and fee scope

Identify each design to be renewed or transferred, especially within a multiple registration. We confirm ownership, renewal timing and the executed transaction documents before quoting the requested recordal.

Renewal and record review

We review the design registration, current owner information and requested transaction before confirming the filing requirements.

Services available

Design renewal
Assignment recordal
Owner name or address changes
Portfolio and status reporting

Information we need

Send the design registration number, current and new owner details where relevant, supporting documents and the applicable deadline.

Record status determines the next action

Before a renewal or assignment is filed, we verify the registration number, proprietor details, renewal window and any earlier recordals that may affect the request. For an assignment, the executed document must identify the parties and transferred designs consistently with the Turkish register. Resolving name or ownership discrepancies first helps prevent avoidable formal objections and an incomplete chain of title.

Clear scope before instruction

We confirm the documents, official requirements and fee proposal before proceeding with the recordal or renewal.

Design renewal periods and assignment documents

Registered designs have an initial five-year term from filing, with five-year renewals up to a maximum of twenty-five years. Renewal is requested and paid within the six months before expiry, or during the six months after expiry with the additional fee.

Send the registration number and individual design numbers, current owner details and the designs to be renewed or transferred. Assignments require an executed, notarised agreement identifying the parties and transferred rights; foreign documents are reviewed for the appropriate translation and formalities.

For a multiple registration, specify which individual designs are affected. Unregistered design protection is not renewed through the registered-design renewal procedure.

Official reference: Industrial Property Code — Articles 69 and 148

Design Renewal and Assignment in Turkey