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Application data for the year 2023 was recently announced by the TPTO. Cities with the most geographical indication applications in 2023 and their statistics were also announced.

6769 sayılı Sınai Mülkiyet Kanunu'nun ("SMK") 6/6 maddesi uyarınca "Tescil başvurusu yapılan markanın başkasına ait kişi ismini, ticaret unvanını, fotoğrafını...

This October, some important changes were made to The Turkish Customs Code with the 5911 numbered Code and also the new Customs Regulation within EU harmonization.

In a decision issued on 31 March 2023 (which was subsequently finalised), following an opposition based on an earlier trademark owned by a company based in the United States...

Article 4 of the Law No. 6769 on Industrial Property indicates that sounds can be registered as trade marks if they are capable of being distinguishable...

The official system for the protection of IP rights by Turkish Customs requires that a single application – for each and every IP right – be filed before the General Directorate of Customs in Ankara ...

In 2014, the Turkish Constitutional Court ("Constitutional Court") hit the headlines by cancelling several articles of the Trademark Decree Law numbered 556 ("Trademark Decree Law").

In the highly competitive global marketplace, securing international trademark registration is of paramount importance for trademarks. Australian heritage boot manufacturer...

Intellectual Property (IP) simply refers to the creations of human mind which include inventions, literary and artistic works, symbols, names and images used in commerce.

On November 19, 2021, the Turkish Patent and Trademark Office ("TURKPATENT") announced that the Madrid e-Filing system, for which it has been adapting its infrastructure for some time, was finally in service.

The request of appeal filed by Red Bull against the decision --- of the General Court of European Union which adjudicated the ...

Filing trademarks on a broad list of goods and services without the intention to use is common practice in Turkey.

In Turkish trademark law, generally a trademark cancellation (invalidation) takes effect retrospectively, as if the trademark was never registered at all.

Company B and the PTO appealed the decision before the Court of Appeals, requesting the reversal of the fırst-instance decision.

The Court of Appeals accepted the appeal and reversed the first instance decision.

The Court of Cassation has upheld a decision of the Regional Court, confirming that the use of the trademark MIRADERM BATIMER infringed the plaintiff's...

In 2015 the Turkish Court of Cassation (CoC) found that the trademark SOYIÇ HOTEL and device (depicted below on the left) was confusingly similar to Sheraton's well-known device mark...

In a recent decision, the Re-examination and Evaluation Board (‘the board') of the Turkish Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) has found that the trademarks DEPLHI and DELPHI were similar and covered similar goods and services, and that the application for DEPLHI had been filed in bad faith.