FICPI – TURKEY arranged its fifth roundtable meeting on how goods/services similarity concept is interpreted in the doctrine of trademark law ...

Barely two years after its operational launch, the Unified Patent Court ("UPC") has already begun shaping a transnational doctrine of patent infringement by equivalence.

On 30 September 2019, the Turkish Patent and Trademark Office published The New Trademark Examination Guideline

Work titles, as signs that distinguish one work from others, may also be protected independently of the work itself. Article 83 of the Law No. 5846 on Intellectual and Artistic Works ("LIAW")...

The PTO partially upheld HP Hewlett Packard's opposition against a mark containing the element ‘HP' based only on the likelihood of confusion ground...

The Ankara Regional Court of Appeal has recently reversed three first-instance decisions by relying on Article 353/1-a-6 of the Code of Civil Procedure No 6100 (CCP).

Until the Industrial Property Law No. 6769 ("IPL") entered into force on January 10, 2017, procedures regarding trademark rights were carried out with the abolished Decree-Law No. 556...

It is widely accepted in the literature and decisions of the Court of Cassation ("CoC") that an applicant's attempt to create a trademark portfolio by trying to register...

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

In a recent case concerning trade mark law, the Turkish Court of Appeal ruled that even in cases of bad faith on the part of the defendant, the claimant can face the principle of loss of right due to silence ...

In a recent case, the General Assembly of Civil Chambers of the Turkish Court of Cassation ruled that although the defendant argued that the earlier trade mark CERAN originates from the word "ceramic"...

The patent owner requested the application of Article 138/3 if the request for the delay of proceedings was rejected by the court

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

The amendments made in Notification Law 7201 in 2019 expanded the scope of persons notified by e-notifications to include...

The Advertisement Board rendered an important decision regarding comparative advertising practice on August 9, 2022. The decision pertains to the advertisement...

COVID-19 salgininin tüketiciler nezdinde yarattigi olumsuz etkiden faydalanmak suretiyle piyasada faaliyet gösteren çesitli firmalar mesleki özenin gereklerine aykiri olarak maske,...

Regulation on Commercial Advertising and Unfair Commercial Practices ("Regulation") was amended in a way to include new measures and rules to regulate advertisements containing misleading price information...

The Guideline on Consumer Reviews ("Guideline"), enacted by the Advertisement Board at the meeting dated 12.09.2023 and numbered 337, has recently been published.

In 2024, significant changes and developments occurred regarding the administrative sanctions of the Advertisement Board.

The Data Protection Law envisages both administrative fines and criminal liability.