Trade Marks and Intellectual Property
Trade mark, design and patent applications; post-registration watch, opposition and infringement proceedings.
The firm’s trade mark and intellectual property practice covers the filing and prosecution of trade mark, design and patent applications before the Turkish Patent and Trademark Office (Türk Patent ve Marka Kurumu), opposition and appeal proceedings before the Office, invalidity, revocation and infringement actions, and licence and assignment agreements.
We advise rights holders before filing, on the availability search and on the specification of goods and services, and represent them before the Office and before the court sitting as a civil court for intellectual and industrial property rights in Eskişehir.
Under the Industrial Property Law no. 6769, an application may be opposed within two months of its publication in the Bulletin, and a decision of the Office may be appealed within two months of its notification. Registered marks are therefore watched after registration, so that later applications by third parties can be opposed within those periods.
What we do
- Preparation and prosecution of trade mark, design and patent applications before the Office
- Availability searches and assessment before filing
- Opposition to publication and appeals against decisions of the Office
- Invalidity, revocation and infringement actions
- Licence and assignment agreements
- Trade name and domain name disputes
- Copyright and authorship disputes
- Unfair competition (haksız rekabet) and trade secret claims