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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Countdown to Revocation Requests at The TPTO
Marques - Class 46, Articles, 26.01.2023 -
New e-commerce Regulation Sets Out Details of Takedown Procedure For Infringing Content
WTR, Articles, 23.01.2023 -
Protection of Websites Under Turkish Law
Gün + Partners, Articles, 03.01.2023 -
Court of Cassation Puts an End to Long-Running Sheraton Dispute
WTR, Articles, 19.12.2022 -
Turkish Court of Cassation’s Recent Decision on Search and Seizure Orders is Strengthens the IP Owners’ Position
ManagingIP, Articles, 22.11.2022 -
A First for Turkey as Court Decides Preliminary Injunctions Can Apply to NFTs
INTA Bulletin, Articles, 15.11.2022 -
Patent and Trademark Office Rejects Applications Based on Interdependence Principle
WTR, Articles, 14.11.2022 -
Patents, Trade Marks, Copyright and Designs 2022 in Turkey
Practical Law, Guides, 09.11.2022 -
IP in Business Transactions 2022 in Turkey
Practical Law, Guides, 08.11.2022 -
Debate on well-known Trademark Registry Expected to be Resolved Soon
WTR, Articles, 01.11.2022