DESTEK PATENT, Intellectual Property & Law Group, was founded in 1983 and for over two decades has been providing a full range of intellectual property service including litigation and licensing for both Turkish and overseas clients.

 A short look in the history of said foundation years reveals the fact that IP protection in Turkey were still being conducted according to the Patent Laws of 1879 and Trademark Law of 1950’s on the one hand, and there had been neither an official and autonomous Patent Office such as Turkish Patent Institute (TPE) nor registered patent/trademark attorneys therebefore on the other hand.

In the last decade, Turkey changed its state-directed economic system into a free market system. This transformation brought across-the-board reforms, which included a revamping of the intellectual property system. As part of its harmonization efforts towards adopting EU's legislation on intellectual property rights, and in accordance with its commitments under the WTO TRIPS Agreement, Turkey has introduced numerous new laws, decrees and regulations entering into force between 1994 and 2005, which means the stable, reliable intellectual property system now in place is a support for competitive business development in Turkish industry and trade.

During this period by organizing an exclusive multi-office structure, particularly Bursa as headquarter of international affairs, Ankara near Turkish Patent Office, Istanbul-Europe as headquarter of litigation department, as well as Switzerland international, Istanbul-Anatolia, Izmir, and Konya for close and immediate contacts, DESTEK PATENT offers a complete client-oriented service.        

With a team over 25 attorneys and over 135 professional and support stuff, DESTEK PATENT have the strength to handle large portfolios and equally able to help smaller client’s growth within all fields of basic and applied science as well as high technology and law and accordingly achieved a sound harmonization with the global IP system.  

This fact has turned out to be as the leading firm which successfully files the 10% percent of total IP filings in Turkey for more than 5 years.

DESTEK PATENT is firmly networked through both internet and intranet means for handling every Intellectual Property related issues individually and securely and is proud to have exclusive software, Alfasoft^® for pursuing every stage of IP prosecution.

Ever since the establishment, DESTEK PATENT has always been the forerunner in Turkish IP field by adoption of idealism and quality which has been also officially approved by the American Quality Assessors through conferring ISO 9001: 2000 certificate.

As part of remarkable contribution into IP globe, DESTEK PATENT took the leadership in establishing UPB (International Patent Union), the first association for protecting intellectual and industrial property in an international base and PAM, Patent Search Center, as well as the partners lecturing in the Universities of Turkey. 

Wide scope of IP services are maintained by various departments including; 

• Patents Department
• Trademarks Department
• Industrial Designs department
• Litigation Department and
• Overseas Department

cooperated with Translation, TM Watch and Renewal sub-departments.