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In its recent decisions, the Advertisement Board imposed sanctions against the advertising of counterfeit products that were sold and advertised as genuine products on various websites Instagram pages...

According to Turkish Trademark Legislation, if a trademark has not been used or the use has been suspended for a five-year period, the trademark shall be due for cancellation.

The cancellation authority granted to the Turkish Patent and Trademark Office is regulated by Article 26 of the Industrial Property Law numbered 6769, and this provision will enter into force 7 years after the date of publication ...

Trademarks, which have an important place among intellectual property rights, have become an essential element of the economic life.

Bad faith in EU trademark law is regulated under the EU Trademark Regulation and related directives. According to the Court of Justice of the European Union, bad faith is an autonomous concept...

Adidas' three parallel and vertical black stripes trademark was registered in 2014 for "clothing, footwear, headgear" before the EUIPO.

COVID-19 pandemic spread all around Europe by March 2020 and has been effecting also trademarks and trademark protection in practice.

On June 11, 2024, the Turkish Medicines and Medical Devices Agency ("Agency") announced on its official website that the "Guideline on the Packaging Information and Instructions...

Though traditional trademark disputes continue to cause problems, the increasing importance of the internet has brought domain name disputes to new prominence.

The enforcement of trademark infringement crimes is not exofficio in Turkey. In other words, trademark owners have to file a criminal complaint to start criminal IP

The acts considered as infringement of trademark rights are regulated under Article 29 of Industrial Property Law no. 6769 ("IPL") and article 29/1(c) states that "To imitate the trademark upon using the trademark...

The defendant in a non-use revocation action argued that the pandemic was a force majeure event which had compelled it to cease using its trademark temporarily

In a recently published decision (No 2020/406 E, 2020/4212 K, 19 October 2020), the Court of Cassation(11 Chamber) has considered that the use of a trademark on a book cover was a legitimate use.

The Absolute Grounds and Relative Grounds for refusal provisions within the current Decree-Law No. 556 on the Protection of Trademarks, was mainly reflecting First Council Directive 89/104/EEC

The first instance Civil Court for Intellectual and Industrial Rights (IP court) in its decision rendered in October 2020 pointed out that the use of the subject mark...

Athletes are increasingly protecting their goal celebrations and personal brands through intellectual property rights, transforming spontaneous gestures into valuable commercial assets.

Traditional product names that were not previously regulated are also included under the Law's scope of protection.