Transfer Of Trademarks Under Turkish Law

Under Turkish law, the transfer of trademarks is basically the transfer of all or part of the goods or services in which the trademark is registered to another real person or legal entity. The competent authorities in charge in Turkey is Public Notary and Turkish Patent and Trademark Authority, respectively.

The transfer of the trademark is carried out by a contract to be executed by and between the parties taking over and transferring the trademark. This contract is defined as a trademark transfer contract. The trademark transfer contract must be in writing and a formal validity requirement must be complied with as laid down in Paragraph 4 Article 148 the Industrial Property Law published in the official gazette dated January 10, 2017 numbered 29944 (Industrial Property Law). In accordance with the relevant provision, the validity of the trademark transfer contracts only depends on the fact that they have been made in a manner approved by the public notary. The