Directory of patent information centres (PATLIB)

PATLIB Centre Bebek, Istanbul

Host organisation:	Boğaziçi University
Name of centre:	Boğaziçi University Patent Office
PO box:
PO box address:
Street:	Rectorate||TR
Postcode / Town:	34342 Bebek, Istanbul
Country:	Turkey
Website:	http://www.arastirma.boun.edu.tr/arastirma.php?p=193
Telephone number:	0090 2123594606
Fax:	0090 2122657006
e-mail:	murat.akman@boun.edu.tr
Opening hours:	Monday: 09:00 - 17:30 Tuesday: 09:00 - 17:30 Wednesday: 09:00 - 17:30 Thursday: 09:00 - 17:30 Friday: 09:00 - 17:30

IP rights covered
Patents
Trade marks
Notes Industrial design, geographical indication

Services
Public reading room	The reading room provides the public with access to national, European and international IP documentation so that they can perform their own searches. PATLIB staff advises the public how to search and how to retrieve relevant documents. Visitors may search IP databases free-of-charge using the workstations provided.
Provision of intellectual property documentation	The PATLIB centre provides copies of IP documents (paper and electronic documents)
Helpdesk services	The PATLIB centre provides information on IP procedures, different kinds of IP rights, the requirements for filing an IP application, fees, search possibilities, etc. Legal advice is not included in this service.
User training	The PATLIB centre organises training sessions (seminars, workshops) concerning IP rights, databases, search techniques and other IP related issues.
Lecturer services	The experts from the PATLIB centre give lectures during IP training events or in the framework of IP related university curricula.
Patent clinics	This service is provided in collaboration with local professional representatives (patent attorneys). The role of the PATLIB centre is to co-ordinate bilateral consultancy sessions between the attorney and the client and to provide the necessary information background (e.g. relevant documents and preparatory searches. Legal advice is given solely by the attorney.
IP strategy development	With this service PATLIB centres assist their clients in developing and implementing their IP strategies, e.g. what to protect, where and how, with whom to co-operate, etc.