Latest Developments On Administrative Revocation Of Trademarks!

While the relevant article regulating the transfer of authority to examine the requests for revocation of trademarks to the Turkish Patent and Trademark Office ("the Office") was not yet entered into force and there were still a level of uncertainty concerning the procedure, the first development in this regard took place on October 23, 2023 when the Office published and opened the "Draft Regulation for Amendment of the Regulation on the Implementation of the Industrial Property Law" ("Draft Regulation") for comments.

Despite the Draft Regulation not having been published yet, on January 10, 2024, the Office undertook the authority to revoke the trademarks and began to accept requests for revocation as "preliminary applications". As per an unofficial information, the Draft Regulation is at the approval stage before the Ministry.