By Gokhan Ergocun
ANKARA (AA) – The Turkish Patent and Trademark Office (TurkPatent) received 52,280
trademark applications — 46,732
of them domestic — in the first five months of 2018.
In May, TurkPatent received 9,916
trademark applications, a 2.8 percent, year-on-year, decrease, according to TurkPatent's data released on Wednesday.
TurkPatent also received 6,517
patent applications — 2,334
domestic and 4,183
foreign — in the five-month period.
Applications increased by 4.3 percent, year-on-year, in May to reach 1,386.
Meanwhile, the office also received 1,245
utility models and 19,195
design applications during the period. Of them, 97.4 percent utility models and 84.5 design applications were domestic.
However, not all applications received a positive response.
By the end of May, 36,477
trademarks, 5,524
patents, 205 utility models and 20,205
designs were registered by TurkPatent.
Last year, 121,108 trademarks, 19,283 patents, 3,320 utility models and 46,854 design applications were made.
In 2017, a total of 10,424 patents, 85,573 trademarks, 44,214 designs and 2,088 utility models were registered by TurkPatent.
Since 2011, Turkey has received more trademark applications yearly than any other European country — over 100,000.
