Trademarks and Designs
Practice Overview
We provide wide ranging and comprehensive legal services in relation to trademarks and designs. Our comprehensive services include advisory, prosecution, watch, opposition, appeals, enforcement, litigation and transactional services on all aspects of trademarks and designs including registration and enforcement strategies, IP due diligences as well as availability searches and clearance opinions.
We are authorised to represent clients before civil and criminal courts, and court of cassation as well as all administrative authorities such as Turkish Patent and Trademark Authority (“TÜRKPATENT”), customs, domain name authorities. Some of our lawyers are also qualified as trademark and patent attorneys authorised to act before the TÜRKPATENT.
We regularly handle nullity and invalidity, cancellation, well-known trademark protection, anti-dilution, passing off, unfair competition and trade dress actions and large scale damages claims before courts as well as customs seizure applications and criminal and civil searches and seizures.
Combining our litigation, transaction and industry knowledge we draft, negotiate trademark and design related agreements and transactions including, manufacturing, toll-manufacturing, co-existence, co-promotion settlement and licensing agreements.
For references and your instructions please contact gun@gun.av.tr
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Thought Leadership
We have compiled our articles on various topics of trademark law that we deem important for brand owners, which we have developed over the course of the last year.
Insights
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Patent and Trademark Office Implements Service by Publication Procedure
WTR, Articles, 29.06.2022 -
Registrability of 3D Trademarks
PTMG - Law Lore & Practice May 2022, Articles, 24.05.2022 -
IP Rights Can Also Protect Public Health and Safety
ManagingIP, Articles, 09.05.2022 -
Similarity of Short Trademarks: Patent and Trademark Office Deviates From Practice in Groundbreaking Decision
WTR, Articles, 13.04.2022 -
Challenges and Opportunities When Combatting Counterfeits in Turkey
ManagingIP – Future of IP: Turkey 2022, Articles, 14.03.2022 -
Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) and Trademarks
Dünya Gazetesi, Articles, 14.03.2022 -
Jurisdiction in Online Infringement of IP Rights
Gün + Partners, Articles, 13.03.2022 -
Supervisory Power of the Court of Cassation
Gün + Partners, Articles, 12.03.2022 -
Dilemma Over Well-Known Trademark Registry Continues in Turkey
ManagingIP, Articles, 11.03.2022 -
Is VR+ a Trademark or a Generic Name?
Gün + Partners, Articles, 10.03.2022