Oktay Simsek ⁽⁷⁵⁾

WIPO has announced that Turkey withdrew its declaration under Article 14(5) of the Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks (“Madrid Protocol”). The withdrawal became effective on October 18, 2019. As a result of the withdrawal, Turkey can be the subject of a subsequent…

Turkish Patent and Trademark Office (TURKPATENT) has made a long-awaited update on the patent search and file inspection tool on its website. The update has introduced a new interface and functionalities to the patent search and online file inspection tool. One of the new features…

Turkish Patent and Trademark Office (TURKPATENT) has published a new examination guideline for trademarks, titled “Trademark Examination Guideline.” The Guideline, which is a revised version of the Guideline issued in 2011, was prepared based on the decisions of the Board of Appeal of TURKPATENT, the decisions of the Turkish Intellectual…

Turkish Supreme Court (TCC) has recently clarified a long-disputed issue on non-use of trade marks. A Specialized Court of Intellectual and Industrial Property (IP Court) filed a request for the cancellation of Article 14 of the Decree Law no. 556, which includes provisions regarding use of trade marks and their…

The period for using or working a patented invention is typically three years as from the publication of the patent grant in the Turkish Patent Bulletin or four years as from the application date of the patent, whichever is the later. This period is especially…