Mumcuoğlu & Ark Patent and Trademark Consultancy
Mumcuoğlu & Ark Patent is a full service IP boutique established in 2011 by two managing partners who started to practice in the field of IP in 1997 and 2004 respectively.
Practicing IP with high volumes of operation during their previous practice with one of the biggest IP firms in Türkiye, the two partners with their team have since 2011 built up a particular fashion and manner of service, prioritizing to hear clients from different industries, to accommodate proper strategies for protection and enforcement of IP rights, to be adopted and applied through a smooth path designating Türkiye.
With more than 3000 recorded clients from all countries around the globe, Mumcuoğlu & Ark Patent has been listed since 2016 among the top 10 IP firms in Türkiye (with reference to the monthly official patent bulletins) and is proud to share the local IP landscape with rooted and big sized IP firms.
Expertise
Proposing to provide full services through prosecution of trademarks, inventions and designs and enforcements of these rights as well, our team assist our clients through initial steps of pre-filling queries up until registration stage which may well be listed as clearance searches, prior art searches, all administrative steps from filling up until registration, drafting of specifications, translation of granted texts, oppositions, drafting of response and amendments, watch services for trademarks; title updates, recordal of transfer/merger/demerger of rights, renewals, payment of annuities, etc.
Frequently Asked Questions
No, the deadline defined for work/use requirements is set to initiate the term of window, i.e three years as of grant/publication of grant, in case of which the holder has the right to submit the declaration at a given time following that, per their convenience, while it is advised to be satisfied with least delays.
No, for a compulsory license to be issued, the requesting party has to go through administrative and legal stages to justify their claims while the holder of the respective right has the alternative to respond against. As issuance of compulsory license is a very rare occasion, every request will be investigated in the light of the patterns of the case.
No, three month deadline as of mention of grant of a European Patent in the official bulletin is applied with no term of extension. The Turkish translation however of the specification would be submitted within three months as of the official validation request on the condition that it is requested with payment of additional fees at the time of validation.
No, the applicants are required to file, even related trademarks, under separate filings which are treated individually through the course of ex-officio examination.
Yes, the applicants of a trademark application who has an executed consent or agreement by the other party may either submit the said at the time of filing or in response to ex-officio rejection, to achieve an affirmative decision for allowance of registration.
Yes, TURKPATENT conducts an examination on the novelty of the design(s) through local and international databases (TURKPATENT, EUIPO, WIPO), search engines, social media sources, content available at Shutterstock, Behance, etc.
12 months prior to the date of filing or priority date whereas the right to claim priority is 6 months.
Team
Our team of trademark and patent attorneys and IP consultants act like the local shadow of international and national clients before local authorities in Türkiye under the light of Intellectual Property.
Our team look forward to welcome you at our office in Ankara and hope to meet you at INTA, ECTA, APAA,TMAP and several other regional meeting around the globe.
