Revocation Of Trademarks

1. INTRODUCTION

With the entry into force of the Industrial Property Code ("IPC") in 2017, it was stipulated that, upon request, the Turkish Patent and Trademark Office ("TPTO") was authorized to decide on the revocation of a trademark (IPC Art. 26). However, pursuant to Article 192 of the IPC, the authority for administrative revocation did not take effect immediately but was postponed for seven years; during this period, revocation proceedings remained within the jurisdiction of the courts.

On the other hand, although Article 26 of the IPC was in force, the procedure and principles necessary for the administrative revocation of trademarks were not completed for a long time, and therefore the process could not be effectively implemented. During this period, the TPTO merely recorded applications submitted electronically but did not conduct a substantive examination thereof. The long-awaited regulation was published in the Official Gazette dated 15 March 2025 and