Trademark Violation Is An Automatic Unfair Competition Under The Turkish Law

Cumulative remedies under the Turkish Trademark Act and the Commercial Code makes trademark violations automatically unfair competition.

Use of signs or names the same or confusingly similar to a competitor's registered trademark constitutes trademark violation and clearly prohibited by The Turkish Trademark Act.

Article 57/5 of the Turkish Commercial Code describes trademark violation among the causes of unfair competition.

Article 57/last of the Commercial Code also describes the non-compliance with the rules and regulations prevailing also on the competitors also as an unfair competition. As trademark violation is a non compliance with the prevailing Trademark Act it also constitutes a cause for unfair competition.