Law No. 6769 on industrial property. Country/Territory Türkiye Document type Legislation Date 2016 (2020) Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Official Gazette No: 29944, 10 January 2017. Subject Livestock, Food & nutrition, Cultivated plants, General Keyword Framework law Intellectual property rights/patents Certification Procedural matters Traditional knowledge/indigenous knowledge Animal production Animal reproduction Breeders' rights/farmers' rights Breeders' rights/farmers' rights Plant production Planting material/seeds Smallholders/peasants Plant variety Geographical area Asia, Black Sea, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, Mediterranean, Middle East, Western Asia Entry into force notes Article 26 shall enter into force after seven years from the date of publication, the provisions regarding the period of making renewal requests regulated with Article 23/2 and Article 69/4 and the provisions related to the obligation of using emblem regulated with Article 46 shall enter into force after one year from the date of publication, and other provisions shall enter into force on the date of publication. Abstract This Law lays down provisions on utilization and scope of trademark rights, application for trademarks and its examination, priority right and its effect, registration of trademark and its term for protection, licensing of trademark, and termination, invalidation and revocation of trademark right in Chapter 1; application for geographical indication and traditional speciality guaranteed right, examination and publication of the application, scope of right, use and control, and withdrawal of rights and responsibilities provided by registration in Chapter 2; design right and the scope of the protection and design right and its limitations in Chapter 3; conditions of patentability, scope of a patent right and its limits, patent application, granting the patent and objection procedures, supplementary and confidential patent, contractual and compulsory licensing of patent right, termination and invalidation of the patent, and infringement of patent right in Chapter 4; and common and other provisions in Chapter 5. Full text English/Turkish Website www.mevzuat.gov.tr; https