Turkey: Unregistered Design Now Protected

Under Turkey’s new Industrial Property Law No. 6769, an unregistered design is protected for three years in the event that it is first presented to the public in Turkey.  The owner may enforce its rights in the unregistered design against third parties who, without the owner’s consent, produce, put on the market, sell, offer, import, or put to commercial use or keep in stock for such purposes the product in which the identical or a similar design is incorporated or to which it is applied.