Administrative Revocation Of Trademarks Is Now Fully In Effect!

In accordance with Article 26 of the Industrial Property Code (“IP Code”) no. 6769, interested persons may request the Turkish Patent and Trademark Office (“the Office”) to revoke a trademark.

The authority to revoke the trademarks had belonged to the IP Courts. However, with the entry into force of the IP Code on January 10, 2017, this authority has been granted to the Office. In order to provide a transition period, the entry into force of Article 26 had been postponed for 7 years. In the meantime, as per Provisional Article 4 of the IP Code, the authority remained with the IP Courts.

After the entry into force of Article 26 on January 10, 2024, although it was possible to file the revocation request – as pre-application –through the Office’s online system¹, the Office could not start examining revocation requests due to lack of an implementing regulation.