LEGISLATION
 
Intellectual property legislation includes Decree No. 551 for the protection of patents June 1995, as last amended by Lawt No. 4128 of November 1995,

Decree No. 556 for the protection of trademarks, June 1995, as last amended by Law No. 4128 of November 1995,

Decree No. 554 for the protection of Industrial Designs, June 1995, as last amended by Law No. 4128 of November 1995,

June 1995, Law No. 5846 on intellectual and artistic works, January 1951 as last amended by Law No. 4630, March 2001, 

 Decree No. 555 for the protection of geographical signs, June 1995, as last amended Law No.4128 of  November 1995.

Membership in International Convention
 
Turkey is a member of WIPO Convention since May 1976. Turkey is a signatory of the Paris Convention since October 1925, the Berne Convention as of January 1952, the Madrid Agreement ( False or Deceptive Indications of Source on Goods ) as of August 1930, the Hague Agreement ( International Deposit of Industrial Designs ) as of January 2005, the NICE Agreement as of January 1996, Locarno Agreement (international Classification for Industrial Designs) as of November 1998, PCT since January 1996, PLT ( Patent Law Treaty) since June 2000, Strasburg Agreement(International Patent Classification) since October 1996, Vienna Agreement (International Classification of the Figurative Elements of Marks) as of  November 1996 and Budapest Treaty ( Deposit of Micro-organisms) since 1998. Turkey is member and signatory to the TRIPS as of March 1995, European Patent Convention (EPC) since November 2000.