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Trademark In Turkey, the current law pertaining to the protection of trademarks is Decree-Law 556, which is in force as from June 27, 1995. This has brought the modern provisions such as protection of service marks, absolute and relative grounds for refusal, publication of the applications and opposition by third parties, infringement procedures and compensation of damages against infringement, establishment of special courts. Beside of registrability of trademarks owned by multi-proprietors, The Decree Law 556 has provided the registration of guarantee and collective marks.   Patent A patent is a set of exclusive rights granted by a state to an inventor or his assignee for a fixed period of time in exchange for a disclosure of an invention. The procedure for granting patents, the requirements placed on the patentee and the extent of the exclusive rights vary widely between countries according to national laws and international agreements. Typically, however, a patent application must include one or more claims defining the invention which must be new, inventive, and useful or industrially applicable. According to Turkish Patent System, similar to the patent laws in Europe and other developed countries, the following issues are comprehensively laid down; Granting by examination and non- examination system, Utility model certificate, Patentability criteria (novelty, inventive step and industrial applicability) Worldwide novelty, Patent protection for pharmaceuticals and their production methods, Publication of applications, Opposition by third parties, Protection terms starting from date of application (7 years for non-examined patents, 10 years for utility models and 20 years for examined patents), Compulsory license compatible with TRIPS agreement and Employee inventions.   CE mark The CE marking (also known as CE mark) is a mandatory conformity mark on many products placed on the single market in the European Economic Area (EEA). The CE marking does not certify that a product has met EU consumer safety, health or environmental requirements. The member countries of Europian Union had formed this system for accomodating between technic standards. The aim of these standards are ; establishing Europian norms instead of national standards. These norms had set  EU instructions with 19 articles which they  had been grouped like ; medical device, elevator, toys and electrical equipments.   ISO Standards The International Organization for Standardization, widely known as ISO, is an international-standard-setting body composed of representatives from various national standards organizations. Some important ISO Standards are ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 18001 and ISO 22000.   TSE/ TSEK Turkish Standard Certificate given by Turkish Standards Institution shows the quality adequancy of products, raw materials, equipment, machine, and necessary things used by a business enterprise. Having the certificate enables firms and manufacturers have some advantages in National and International Reports. Turkish Standards Instittution publishs the quality adequancy of products list. If the products are in the published list, they will be given to TSE Certificate, if not; TSEK Quality Adequency Certificate.

Trademark In Turkey, the current law pertaining to the protection of trademarks is Decree-Law 556, which is in force as from June 27, 1995. This has brought the modern provisions such as protection of service marks, absolute and relative grounds for refusal, publication of the applications and opposition by third parties, infringement procedures and compensation of damages against infringement, establishment of special courts. Beside of registrability of trademarks owned by multi-proprietors, The Decree Law 556 has provided the registration of guarantee and collective marks.   Patent A patent is a set of exclusive rights granted by a state to an inventor or his assignee for a fixed period of time in exchange for a disclosure of an invention. The procedure for granting patents, the requirements placed on the patentee and the extent of the exclusive rights vary widely between countries according to national laws and international agreements. Typically, however, a patent application must include one or more claims defining the invention which must be new, inventive, and useful or industrially applicable. According to Turkish Patent System, similar to the patent laws in Europe and other developed countries, the following issues are comprehensively laid down; Granting by examination and non- examination system, Utility model certificate, Patentability criteria (novelty, inventive step and industrial applicability) Worldwide novelty, Patent protection for pharmaceuticals and their production methods, Publication of applications, Opposition by third parties, Protection terms starting from date of application (7 years for non-examined patents, 10 years for utility models and 20 years for examined patents), Compulsory license compatible with TRIPS agreement and Employee inventions.   CE mark The CE marking (also known as CE mark) is a mandatory conformity mark on many products placed on the single market in the European Economic Area (EEA). The CE marking does not certify that a product has met EU consumer safety, health or environmental requirements. The member countries of Europian Union had formed this system for accomodating between technic standards. The aim of these standards are ; establishing Europian norms instead of national standards. These norms had set  EU instructions with 19 articles which they  had been grouped like ; medical device, elevator, toys and electrical equipments.   ISO Standards The International Organization for Standardization, widely known as ISO, is an international-standard-setting body composed of representatives from various national standards organizations. Some important ISO Standards are ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 18001 and ISO 22000.   TSE/ TSEK Turkish Standard Certificate given by Turkish Standards Institution shows the quality adequancy of products, raw materials, equipment, machine, and necessary things used by a business enterprise. Having the certificate enables firms and manufacturers have some advantages in National and International Reports. Turkish Standards Instittution publishs the quality adequancy of products list. If the products are in the published list, they will be given to TSE Certificate, if not; TSEK Quality Adequency Certificate.