Last updated: 10 November 2026. This notice is provided under Article 10 of the Turkish Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698 ("KVKK").

Data controller

Your personal data is processed by Cadde Patent Marka Ltd. Şti. ("Cadde Patent", "we"), Ozan Beytepe, 5399. Sokak No: 1/B, Floor 11, Office 166, 06800 Çankaya / Ankara, Türkiye. Email: info@caddepatent.com.tr, phone: +90 312 220 02 01.

Personal data we process

• Identity and contact data: name, surname, company, job title, phone number, email and postal address.
• Content of your enquiry: the information and documents you send us by email, phone, WhatsApp or through this website, such as trademarks, logos, product designs or descriptions of inventions.
• Client file data: if you become our client, the information needed to file and manage your applications, including applicant and inventor details, powers of attorney and invoicing data.
• Technical data: IP address, browser and device information and cookie data collected when you visit this website (see our Cookie Policy).

Purposes of processing

• Responding to your enquiries and preparing searches and cost estimates;
• Filing and managing trademark, patent, utility model and design applications and registrations;
• Representing you before TÜRKPATENT, foreign offices and, where applicable, courts and mediators;
• Tracking deadlines, renewals and annual fees and sending you reminders;
• Fulfilling our legal obligations, including tax and accounting rules;
• Ensuring the security and proper functioning of this website.

Legal grounds

We process personal data on the grounds set out in Article 5 of the KVKK: where it is necessary to establish or perform a contract with you, to comply with our legal obligations, to establish, exercise or protect a right, or for our legitimate interests provided that this does not harm your fundamental rights and freedoms. Where none of these applies, we rely on your explicit consent.

Transfer of personal data

Applicant, owner and inventor details are, by law, entered in public registers kept by TÜRKPATENT and, for international filings, by WIPO, the European Patent Office or national offices. To provide our services, we share data with these offices, with foreign IP attorneys acting for you, with courts and mediators where needed, and with service providers we use for hosting, email and IT support, only to the extent necessary and in line with Articles 8 and 9 of the KVKK. Transfers abroad are carried out under the safeguards provided in Article 9 of the KVKK.

Method of collection

We collect personal data electronically through this website, email, phone and messaging applications, and in person at our office.

Retention

We keep personal data for as long as your applications and registrations are managed by us, for the periods required by law and for the statutory limitation periods for legal claims, and then delete, destroy or anonymise it.

Confidentiality of unpublished inventions and designs

Information about inventions and designs that have not yet been filed or published is treated as strictly confidential and is shared only with the people who need it to handle your file.

Your rights

Under Article 11 of the KVKK you have the right to:

• learn whether your personal data is processed and request information about it;
• learn the purpose of processing and whether it is used for that purpose;
• know the third parties in Türkiye or abroad to whom your data is transferred;
• request correction of incomplete or inaccurate data, and deletion or destruction of your data under Article 7;
• request that third parties to whom your data was transferred be notified of such correction or deletion;
• object to a result against you arising exclusively from automated analysis of your data;
• claim compensation for damages arising from unlawful processing.

You can send your request in writing to our office address or by email to info@caddepatent.com.tr. We will respond within 30 days at the latest. Data that must appear in public IP registers can only be changed in line with the rules of the relevant office.

Visitors from the European Union

If you are located in the European Union or the European Economic Area, you may also have rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Please contact us if you wish to exercise them.