Turkish Legislation Offers Various Solutions To Tackle Trademark Squatting

Similar as in other countries, trademark squatting is also a common problem which foreign brands face in Türkiye. Trademark squatting creates challenges for market entry and registration of trademarks for foreign companies, as well as leading to dilution of the original trademark. Although there are steps to be taken to better prevent squatters, the current intellectual property (IP) legislation still has effective tools to protect the rights of foreign trademark owners and to combat trademark squatting, with the well-established praxis of the Turkish Patent and Trademark Office ("Office") and the Courts.

What is trademark squatting and how do the squatters register original brand owners' trademarks?