Industrial Design Registration Incentives

What is industrial design registration

Industrial design covers the whole or a part of a product through its form, shape, lines, colors, and structural features, producing something that reads as distinctive to people. Design registration is the process of protecting a design for its creator and securing the related legal rights.

What design registration covers

Industrial design can be applied to a wide range of products, from furniture to living spaces. A registered industrial design should meet consumer needs, be aesthetic, functional, and useful, and offer high value at low cost for sale.

Sistem Patent advises on the industrial design registration process. Registration makes sure products are differentiated through their dimensions, shape, form, color, packaging, and how they are used. The process is built around respecting structural differences and protecting the designs that come out of them.

Design registration incentives in Turkey

Turkey does not have a direct incentive program for local design registration. That means design registration incentive support is not available inside the country. Incentives do exist for international design filings, provided by two main institutions:

1. KOSGEB (the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Organization)
2. General Directorate of Exports (Ministry of Trade)

International design registration incentives

KOSGEB incentives

KOSGEB runs incentive programs to support the growth of small and medium-sized businesses. These programs encourage businesses to register their innovative designs and put them under protection. KOSGEB incentives help businesses offset the costs of design registration.

General Directorate of Exports incentives

The General Directorate of Exports offers incentives to businesses aiming to strengthen their position in international markets. These incentives provide financial support for filing industrial design registrations abroad. The result is wider international recognition and protection for Turkish designs.

Why register a design

Design registration protects your products and designs against imitation. With legal protection in place, you get an exclusive use right, blocking third parties from producing, selling, or importing your design without permission. With registration, you can also assign the design, license it, or pass it on through inheritance.

Documents required for design registration

• Visual representation of the design
• Tax registration and trade activity certificate for a legal entity applicant
• Identity details for an individual applicant
• Details of the designer or designers
• Power of attorney (if applicable)

Design registration process

Design registration applications are filed with TÜRKPATENT (the Turkish Patent and Trademark Office) through Sistem Patent. Our team prepares the required documents and submits them to the authority. Applications are country-specific, so each country’s registration office has to be approached separately.

Sistem Patent’s services

Sistem Patent provides professional advisory services on design registration. From filing to renewals, oppositions to assignments, we are at every step. Contact us to protect your designs and secure your rights.

For details and filings on design registration and incentives, Sistem Patent is here to support you. Get in touch to protect your creative designs.