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The 11th Civil Chamber of the Court of Cassation ruled that where the lawsuits are backlogged, mediation is not mandatory for commercial cases initiated with non-monetary claims. Accordingly, it overruled the Regional Court's decision.

As of January 10th 2016, Companies will be allowed to use competitor names and or trademarks in comparative advertisements

In 2022, the Turkish Court of Cassation ("TCoC") rendered a decision evaluating that the use of a 3D trademark (shown below) as bag-locks on counterfeit goods...

The World Health Organization (WHO) gives pharmaceutical substances international non-proprietary names (INNs) so that each substance can be identified by a distinct name.

The protection period of the registered trademark is ten years from the application date, as regulated in the Industrial Property Law numbered 6769, and as long as the trademark is registered, it can benefit from the protection provisions ...

We have previously reported on the Turkish Court of Cassation's decision concluding that the Turkish Patent and Trademark Office (hereinafter will be referred to as "TURKPATENT"...

In Turkey, court interpretations of the Trademark Decree Law have created a grey area for foreign companies using Turkey as a production location, as well as for Turkish contract manufacturers.

Every April 26, World Intellectual Property Day is celebrated worldwide to learn about the role that intellectual property (IP) rights play in encouraging innovation and creativity.

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

Public employees who are pregnant, taking breastfeeding leave, disabled, over 60 years old (except managers), or those having a chronic disease, ...

On March 25, 2020, the General Assembly of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey ("National Assembly") enacted the Provisional Article 1...

As stated in our previous article, Turkey introduced new plain packaging rules for tobacco with the Regulation on Methods and Procedures for Manufacturing, Labelling and Control of Tobacco Products ...

Article 83 of Law No. 5846 on Intellectual and Artistic Works ("LIAW") stipulates that the names of works can be protected independently of the works themselves under the provisions on unfair competition.

Turkey is a member to the WIPO and is a signatory to the major Intellectual Property related Agreements including Paris Convention, Patent Cooperation Treaty, Berne Convention, Trademark Law Treaty Protocol ...

I will reply to this very shortly: No, they are not.

In one year's time, trade mark revocation proceedings will be possible before the Turkish Patent and Trademark Office (TPTO). Güldeniz Doğan Alkan and Cansu Evren discuss the changes.

The opponent, a renowned company in the banking sector owning many GARANTİ trade marks in several classes, opposed the application.

The PTO is determined to maintain its well-known trademark registry, even though the Court of Cassation held that it has no authority to do so