Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
ANADOLU UNIVERSITESI SANAT & TASARIM DERGISI-ANADOLU UNIVERSITY JOURNAL OF ART & DESIGN, sa.2, ss.595-616, 2022 (ESCI)
Interior designs, like other designs, can benefit from protection by design registration within the scope of the Law Number 6769 on Industrial Property. The most important element that determines the scope of protection of the design in question is the visual representations presented in the registration application. In case the visual representations are incomplete, insufficient and problematic, loss of rights may occur in the registration processes. Considering that interior designs are designed products that can be lived in, it is an undeniable fact that there are various problems in their visual representations. Based on this fact in the study, the visual expressions of interior designs in the Official Designs Bulletin published every month by the Turkish Patent and Trademark Office (TURKPATENT) were analyzed. For the analysis, case study was used as a research design and document analysis, which is one of the case study types, was used as a method. The results of the analysis showed that contrary to the problems detected in the visual representations obtained with photographs, the visual representations obtained with digital visualizations are more in line with the standards specified in the guide. However, it has been determined that the entire interior design cannot be fully expressed due to missing, incorrect or insufficient number of visual representations in both visual representations. In this field, where there are few studies in the literature, both recommendations for the competent authority TURKPATENT and points to be considered for applicants are included, and suggestions for future studies are also made.