The company was founded by Attorney Ahmet Basalan and Attorney Feriha Basalan on 9th of September 1994 and since that date, it has been providing service to persons and institutions in respect of protecting industrial and intellectual property rights and registering the said rights with the Turkish Patent Institute. Not only the services relating to registration with or without priority demand of trademarks, patent (PCT), utility models and industrial designs with the Turkish Patent Institute, as the representative of official trademarks and patents are rendered but also the company pursue and object in the name of its clients in respect of similarity and sameness, provides legal assistance in order to prevent registrations that may cause unfair competition and ambiguity, following publication of registration applications of every kind of trademarks, patent, utility models and industrial designs in relevant Official Bulletins in the light of new legal arrangements in respect of harmonization with the legislation of the European Union.
Basalan Patent & Trademark Ltd. Co. also renders services concerning with the international trademark registrations within the scope of Madrid Protocol which give the opportunity to the applicants to obtain protection for their trademarks in the member countries of the Protocol as many as wished, with only one application that is filed with World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).
Besides the said services, the company uses its research department equipped with computers in order to investigate in the most rapid manner if trademarks, patents, utility models and industrial designs are registered in Turkey or not and notifies information received to its clients through contemporary communication means.
As its central office is established and provides service in Istanbul, being an intersection point of different continents, Basalan Patent & Trade Mark Ltd. Co. is in good relationship with its colleagues in the European and Middle Eastern Countries. Such good relations are not only established with the said countries but also with USA, C.I.S countries and Asia.
Furthermore, being a company certified by EN ISO 9002 QUALITY CERTIFICATE, Basalan Patent & Trademark Ltd. Co. created its Quality Policy in the standards of EN ISO 9002 QUALITY SYSTEM and these principles are applied not only to the professional services rendered by the firm but also in the personal lives of the working staff. The most important principle of its Quality Policy, is giving the first class and qualified service to all the associates and clients while protecting the economic benefits of them with the modest and reasonable pricing system. In addition, Basalan Patant & Trademark Ltd. Co. is also certified by American Quality Assessors International LLC with the certificate of Quality Systems Assessment.
In conclusion, Basalan Patent & Trademark Limited Company offers the best and first class service to its all clients and associates in all kinds of intellectual and industrial property matters as the result of its great professionalism, individual attention, flexibility and creative thinking.