April 2022

According to WIPO's report published, Turkey ranked 3rd among the countries with the highest increase in PCTs (international patent applications) in 2021, with the highest number of international patent applications (PCT) made by China, USA and Japan.

According to the report from WIPO, despite the ongoing pandemic in 2021, international patent, trademark and design applications reached a record high. 

According to the statistics of 2021 published by WIPO; Computer technologies (9.9%), digital communications (9%), medical technology (7.1%) and electrical machinery (6.9%) constitute the largest portion of published PCT applications.

Let's meet AT 144th INTA Annual Meeting Live+ 2022!

The world’s premier intellectual property (IP) event will be held on both -virtual and onsite- between April 30 - May 4, 2022.

As Destek Patent, we will be attending Annual Meeting Live + in Washington D.C.

Social media have become an extremely important tool to connect with one another privately and in the business world to promote one’s business ideas. Visibility of products or services is just a few clicks away on a laptop, tablet or smartphone but social media platforms pose a challenge for the protection and enforcement of Intellectual Property rights, especially trademark law. Activity in social media not only provides information on a product or service identified by a trademark, but also contributes to the general image and reputation of a person or company.

Canadian telecommunications and wireless device producer BlackBerry has announced it is selling some of its patents for mobile devices such as, messaging technologies and wireless networking technologies for $600 million.