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.
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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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Updated Examination Guideline in Turkey
Marques - Class 46, Articles, 01.10.2021 -
SAMSONITE v SAMS: Higher Board Issues Exemplary Decision on Similarity, Taking into Account Well-Known Status of Earlier Mark
WTR, Articles, 29.09.2021 -
Turkish Patent and Trademark Office Updates Trademark Examination Guidelines
WTR, Articles, 24.09.2021 -
Higher Board Decides in Favour of UGG Based on Well-known Trademark Status and Principle of Interdependence
WTR, Articles, 10.09.2021 -
Red Bull Triumphs in Opposition Before the Turkish Patent and Trademark Office
WTR, Articles, 06.09.2021 -
Regional Court of Appeal Issues Controversial Reversal Decision
WTR, Articles, 08.06.2021 -
Overview of the Turkish Court of Cassation’s Decisions on Pharmaceutical Trade Marks in 2020
PTMG - Law Lore & Practice May 2021, Articles, 10.05.2021 -
A Closer Look at the Turkish Court of Cassation’s Supervisory Power and Its Boundaries
ManagingIP, Articles, 22.04.2021 -
Cross-border IP Right Assignments 2021 in Turkey
Practical Law, Guides, 08.04.2021 -
Cross-border IP Right Licences 2021 in Turkey
Practical Law, Guides, 08.04.2021