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ARTICLE · 10 NOVEMBER 2022

Absolute Grounds For Refusal In Trademark Registration

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Trademark registration is a process that can be initiated by submitting a trademark application and related annexes thereof to the Turkish Patent and Trademark Office...

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N. Berkay Kirci
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Trademark registration is a process that can be initiated by submitting a trademark application and related annexes thereof to the Turkish Patent and Trademark Office (hereinafter referred to as TURKPATENT) - Trademarks Department.

TURKPATENT - Trademarks Department will examine, ex officio, a trademark application in terms of absolute grounds for refusal.

Signs included in the scope of absolute grounds for refusal as mentioned in article 5 of the 6769 numbered Turkish Industrial Property Law (hereinafter the 'Turkish IP Law'), except clauses 'ç' and 'i', are refused as they are based on public interest, and even on public order; therefore no claim can be asserted on them, and they might be used by everyone.1

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