What deserves protection?
Identify the inventions, brands and designs that are relevant to your products, services and commercial activities.
IP Protection
Protect what matters, where it matters.
Effective IP protection starts with understanding what matters to your business, where your opportunities lie, and when action is needed.
At Sincore IP, we combine business-focused thinking with practical IP expertise to help businesses and IP professionals secure, maintain and manage intellectual property rights in Türkiye and across borders.
From filing to protectionTypical timelines
Indicative · timelines vary by country and filing route
Why protection decisions matter
Protection starts with the right decisions.
Protecting intellectual property involves more than preparing and filing applications.
What should be protected? Which form of protection is appropriate? Where is protection needed? And when should action be taken?
These decisions affect not only the scope of your IP rights, but also how effectively they support your products, market plans and resources.
We help you approach protection with a clear purpose, while providing the practical expertise needed to carry out the relevant procedures.
Our approach
Four questions behind effective IP protection.
Our approach connects these considerations with the legal and procedural requirements of each IP right.
What purpose should protection serve?
Understand the business objectives behind each protection decision, from securing innovation to supporting market expansion.
Where is protection needed?
Consider the markets, jurisdictions and commercial activities that determine your geographic protection needs.
When should you act?
Align filing and procedural decisions with development stages, disclosure plans, product launches and applicable deadlines.
Our protection services
Practical protection across key IP rights.
Patents & Utility Models
Protect technical innovations through patent and utility model procedures, including application preparation, filing, examination-related responses and subsequent prosecution activities.
We also assist with PCT national phase entry in Türkiye, European patent validation and related local procedures.
Explore Patent ServicesTrademarks
Secure and maintain brand protection through trademark filing, prosecution, responses to office actions, opposition-related proceedings and renewal services.
We assist businesses and international IP representatives with trademark matters before the Turkish Patent and Trademark Office, including Madrid System procedures involving Türkiye.
Explore Trademark ServicesIndustrial Designs
Protect the visual appearance of products through industrial design registration and related procedures.
We support businesses in identifying relevant design protection needs and managing registration processes.
Explore Design ServicesProsecution & contentious procedures
Filing is where protection begins, not ends.
Much of the work, and much of the risk, comes after an application is filed. We handle the full prosecution path for patents, trademarks and designs before the Turkish Patent and Trademark Office, with every matter handled by registered Turkish Patent and Trademark Attorneys.
Search & clearance
Patentability, trademark clearance and design novelty searches before you commit to a filing.
Filing
National applications, PCT national phase entry, European patent validation, and Madrid and Hague procedures involving Türkiye.
Examination & office actions
Responses to search and examination reports for patents, and to ex officio refusals for trademarks and designs.
Oppositions
Filing oppositions against conflicting trademarks, designs and granted patents, and defending your applications and rights against third-party oppositions.
Appeals & responses
Appeals against office decisions before TÜRKPATENT's Re-examination and Evaluation Board, and responses to oppositions and appeals filed by third parties.
Grant, registration & upkeep
Grant and registration formalities, recordals, renewals and annuity payments.
How we work
From protection planning to practical execution.
Whether you need support with a specific filing or a broader protection programme, we adapt our involvement to the scope of your needs.
1
Understand
We clarify the IP matter, relevant business objectives, jurisdictions, deadlines and any existing rights or applications.
2
Plan
We identify the appropriate procedural route, key requirements and next steps, taking into account the nature of the matter and the instructions received.
3
Execute
We prepare and coordinate the required filings, responses and other IP procedures, working with the relevant authorities and professional partners where necessary.
4
Follow Through
We keep clients informed of developments, outstanding requirements, deadlines and subsequent actions throughout the engagement.
Protection in practice
Different business situations. Different protection needs.
A technology company preparing for product launch
The situation
A technology company has developed a new product and is preparing to introduce it to the market. Its management needs to understand which aspects of the product may require IP protection before public disclosure.
How Sincore can help
We support the identification of relevant protection needs, coordinate patent and other applicable filing activities, and help align procedural timing with the company's development and launch plans.
Relevant services
An international IP firm handling Turkish matters
The situation
An overseas IP firm needs a reliable local representative to manage Turkish patent or trademark procedures for its clients, including official communications, deadlines and filing requirements.
How Sincore can help
We provide Turkish local representation and procedural support, coordinate required submissions and keep the instructing firm informed of case developments.
Relevant services
A growing business expanding into new markets
The situation
A company is expanding its products or brand into additional jurisdictions and needs to consider how existing IP rights and planned filings align with its market expansion.
How Sincore can help
We assist in reviewing the relevant protection needs, identifying procedural priorities and coordinating filings through appropriate local or international channels.
Relevant services
A brand facing a conflict in Türkiye
The situation
A company's trademark application in Türkiye has been opposed by the owner of an earlier mark, or the company has noticed a newly published application that conflicts with its own brand.
How Sincore can help
We assess the conflict, prepare the opposition or the response within the applicable deadline, and handle any subsequent appeal before TÜRKPATENT.
Relevant services
These scenarios illustrate typical client needs and potential support arrangements. They are not representations of specific completed client engagements.
Trusted partner networkCoordinated from Istanbul
Outbound: Turkish businesses abroadInbound: international clients in Türkiye
International support
Protection across borders.
IP protection does not stop at national boundaries.
Whether you are a business in Türkiye seeking protection abroad or an international company or IP firm requiring representation in Türkiye, Sincore IP supports cross-border IP matters through local expertise and coordination with professional partners.
Let's protect what matters to your business.
Whether you are planning a new application, managing an existing IP matter or looking for reliable representation in Türkiye, we are here to discuss your needs and the next steps.