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How Decision 5973 refunds 50% — up to 75% in target markets — of foreign trademark registration and protection costs for Turkish exporters, and how to apply.
What Turkish copyright covers in software, why ownership is a contract question, open source licence risk and when trade secrecy protects better.
Why Turkish authorship rules point to a natural person, when AI-assisted output can qualify as a work, input-side risks and how companies should contract.
Why there is no international patent, what the PCT actually provides, the twelve-month priority year and the thirty-month national phase deadline.
Türkiye’s two-tier branding support, which trademark registration and protection costs are eligible, and how to prepare a portfolio before applying.
How Turkish law protects commercial secrets, what an enforceable NDA must contain, the measures that prove secrecy and when to choose secrecy over a patent.
How Turkish copyright arises without registration, what counts as a work, economic versus moral rights, the term of protection and the treble-payment remedy.
Layering the three-year unregistered design right with selective registrations, using the twelve-month grace period, and enforcing against copies quickly.
The three-month design opposition window, the grounds available, how prior disclosure is proven, and what to do once the window has closed.
How Turkish law protects well-known marks beyond their classes, what evidence establishes reputation, and what the Office’s determination is worth.
The IP gaps that surface in funding diligence — unassigned founder code, personally held marks, missing contractor assignments — and how to close them early.