1 May 2011
The New Customs Regulation, which came into effect in October 2009, provides a new mechanism for intellectual property right holders, known as ‘simplified destruction’. This enables owners to take more efficient action in cases of an infringement during customs […]
1 Mar 2011
The Grand National Assembly of Turkey enacted the draft Commercial Code on January 12, 2011. The new TCC (Turkish Commercial Code) will enter into force on July 12, 2012, and outlines possible commercial proceedings and actions in 1,535 articles. […]
1 Jan 2011
There has been a significant recent development to Turkey’s Internet and domain name legislation. The Internet Domain Name Regulation — in the making since 1993 — was finally accepted and published in the Official Gazette on November 7, 2010. The regulation had […]
1 Nov 2010
The acceptability of consent letters, co-existence agreements and sister company arrangements are often explored by the applicants whose trademarks are provisionally refused based on a prior registration in Turkey. Contrary to all expectations, consent letters, co-existence agreements and sister […]
6 Oct 2010
This October, some important changes were made to The Turkish Customs Code with the 5911 numbered Code and also the new Customs Regulation within EU harmonization. Those regulations brought some revolutionary amendments, some of which are related to the […]
1 Sep 2010
The Internet has brought domain name disputes to prominence, while traditional trademark disputes continue as before. Assigning generic top level domain names (gTLDs) such as .com, .edu and .gen on a ‘first come, first served’ basis has caused domain name disputes between […]
1 Jul 2010
A common problem of opposition proceedings arises when the rights to a given phrase are acquired by the applicant based on an earlier registration. Once a trademark has been registered, the registrant acquires the rights to the relevant phrase […]
1 May 2010
According to the Counterfeit Economy Report of the Chamber of Commerce of Ankara (ATO), Turkey is the second-largest counterfeit product market in the world, with $3 billion of turnover. The report shows that the counterfeit product market has become a new and […]
1 Apr 2010
Although Turkey has followed international developments and harmonized its Trademark Law with EU legislation, the registration of non-traditional marks such as product packaging and product shape has not fallen into place. The Turkish Appeal Court has recently approved the […]
1 Mar 2010
The Turkish Trade Mark Registry frequently receives applications seeking to register well-known trademarks, celebrities’ names and trademarks owned by foreign companies that have not been registered in Turkey. Some trademark owners are not disturbed by these applications as they […]
