If a registered Turkish trade mark is not used within five years of being registered or if subsequently it has not been used for five years, third parties can request the cancellation of trade mark by filing non-use cancellation action before the IP Courts (before Turkish Patent and Trademark Office as from 10 January 2014).
The Turkish Patent and Trademark Office has implemented significant changes to its trademark fee structure, shifting the renewal fees from a fixed to a tiered system based on the number of classes, introducing a requirement for payment of fees for retail and wholesale services in…
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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…
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