Turkey: IP protection fees increase

With reference to the official Turkish Patent Institute website, fees for the IP protection matters in Turkey were slightly changed. In particular, fees for entering PCT national phase, filing an industrial design and trademark application, European patent validation fee, as well as other basic IP relation fees, were increased by 5-10%.

Amendments came into force on January 1, 2016. Our quotation system has been updated accordingly.

Comparative table of the basic official fee amendments in Turkey is represented below:

	2015 fees, TL	2016 fees, TL	2016 fees in EUR, approx.	Increase, %
Patents for invention
Filing a patent application	40	40	12	0%
Filing fee for applications which have priority (up to 8 priorities)	50	55;	17	10%
Fee for entering PCT national phase	600	660	199	10%
Fee for requesting extension of time for entering the PCT national phase	300	330	100	10%
Patent grant fee	280	290	88	4%
Fee for European patent validation	800	880	266	10%
Utility models
Filing a utility model application	40	40	12	0%
Filing fee for applications which have priority	50	55	17	10%
Utility model grant fee	280	290	88	4%
Industrial designs
Filing an industrial design application (one design)	130	135	41	4%
− for each additional design	55	60	18	9%
Claiming priority	140	150	45	7%
Trademarks
Filing a trademark application (single class)	180	190	57	6%
− for each additional class	180	190	57	6%
Claiming priority	140	150	45	7%
Trademark registration fee	520	530	160	2%
Trademark renewal fee	620	640	193	3%
Late renewal fee	930	960	290	3%