Documents Required for Trademark Registration

Documents required for trademark registration

Before the document checklist, the word or logo to be registered has to go through a trademark pre-search. That review is carried out by the authorised staff of the trademark agent Sistem Patent. The team checks new applications against existing registrations across the 45 classes to confirm whether the trademark is clear for registration.

A filing without the pre-search exposes the applicant to opposition from other trademark holders at later stages, and the market position built up under the trademark can be lost if the registration is refused. Once the pre-search returns a positive result, the documents for the trademark registration application are prepared through Sistem Patent.

What trademark registration needs

For a legal entity (company) application:

• Company's trade register record
• Company's tax certificate
• Power of attorney
• Trademark sample
• Proof of payment of the application fee

For an individual (real person) application:

• Applicant's Turkish identity number and power of attorney
• Trademark sample
• Proof of payment of the application fee

After the class is decided and the pre-search confirms eligibility, the application is filed. TÜRKPATENT (the Turkish Patent and Trademark Office) reviews the filing format first and then runs a similarity check against other trademarks. A decision is then made on whether the trademark is published in the Official Trademark Bulletin. For two months the trademark is open to third-party observations and oppositions. If oppositions are refused, the trademark moves to registration, and Sistem Patent is notified to pay the registration fee within two months. Once the fee is paid, the registration certificate is issued and the process closes.

The process traditionally ran at least a year, but online filing and the shortened bulletin publication period (cut from 3 months to 2 months) mean that many registrations now complete in 5 to 8 months. Registered trademarks are protected indefinitely, provided they are renewed every 10 years. Contact Sistem Patent for documents, registration, and post-registration services related to trademarks.