Complaint to the E-Commerce Platforms in Case of Violation of IP Rights
The Regulation on Electronic Commerce Intermediary Service Providers and Electronic Commerce Service Providers (“Regulation”) was published in the Official Gazette on 29.12.2022. Within the scope of…
Trabis Starts Its Operations
For many years, the allocation and transactions of ".tr" domain names have been carried out by the Middle East Technical University (“METU”) through the Nic.TR system. With the Regulation on Internet…
Revocation of The Trademark Due to Non Use
Turkish legislation provides that the revocation of a registered trademark is a consequence of the legal issues that occurred concerning the trademark owner. Trademark revocation initiates in case of…
Loss of Rights Due to Remaining Silent
The protection period of the registered trademark is ten years from the application date, as regulated in the Industrial Property Law numbered 6769 (“SMK”), and as long as the trademark is…
Certificate Obligation for Intellectual and Artistic Works
The Regulation on the Amendment of the Regulation on the Procedures and Principles Regarding the Certification of the Companies that Fill, Reproduce and Distribute or Fill in the Materials in…
Protection of Unregistered Trademarks
The trademark is the sign which enables the goods or services of a business to be distinguished from the goods or services of other businesses. Article 7 of the Industrial Property Law (“IP…