Revocation Of The Trademark Due To Non-Use

Turkish legislation provides that the revocation of a registered trademark is a consequence of the legal issues that occurred concerning the trademark owner. Trademark revocation initiates in case of misleading use or non-use of the trademark owner.

Reasons for revocation of the trademark are stated restrictively in the Article 26/1 of the Turkish Industrial Property Law with numbered 6769 (“IP Law”). The first reason for revocation that is stated in the Article 26, refers to the Article 9 of the IP Law. Article 9 addresses that “if within five years following the date of registration, the trademark doesn't have genuine use in Turkey by the trademark owner in connection with the goods or services in respect of which it is registered, or if such use has been suspended during an uninterrupted period of five years, the trademark shall be revoked unless there are proper reasons of non-use.” Therefore, the reasons that occurred after the registration of the trademark and