Administrative Procedure For Cancelling A Trademark Registration

Current Legislation

The Turkish Patent Institute (T.P.I.) has no authority to cancel a registered trademark according to the current provision.

Proposed Changes by the Draft IP Law

The draft entitles T.P.I. in its article 26 to cancel (to revoke) a trademark registration on the following grounds;

• ̶ In case of non-use of a trademark 5 years for uninterrupted and without justifiable reason,
• ̶ In case the trademark has become common name for a product/service as a results of acts or inactivity of the proprietor,
• ̶ In case its use is misleading the public as the nature, quality or geographical origin of those goods or services as a result of the use made of it by the proprietor,