By Yunus Girgin
ANKARA (AA) – The Turkish Patent and Trademark Office (TurkPatent) received 170,590 trademark applications in 2020, according to official figures released on Friday.
The number of trademark applications increased 27% year-on-year in 2020, TurkPatent data showed.
Among them were 155,913 domestic trademark applications.
Meanwhile, the office received 18,705 patent applications – including 8,200 domestic applications – during the same period, down 6.1% compared to 2019.
Some 3,627 utility model and 42,963 design applications were received in 2020, both up 22.2% and 6.6% respectively compared to 2019, according to latest data.