Trademark (49)

TRADEMARK REGISTRATION STAGES

In trademark registration, the period from the application to the receipt of the registration certificate varies. In contrast, we can give average times below.[...]

 As with the national trademark applications, the protection period of the international trademark registration is 10 years. Within the six months preceding the end of this ten-year period of protection, the Bureau shall notify the owner of the trademark that the deadline is approaching.[...]

The publication date and the registration date of the trademark is important in order to claim trademark rights against third parties. After the application is published, compensation claims can be made for infringement cases. However, the courts cannot make their decisions regarding the validity of the claims before the date of the registration of the trademark.[...]

Reasons for the termination of the trademark right

1) The renewal fee has not been paid 6 months before the last day of the month when the 10-year protection period has expired,[...]

Trademark registration must be made separately in countries where protection is requested. So, if an owner of the company registered his trademark in Turkey, his trademark is not deemed to be registered in other countries.[...]

Any person meeting the following conditions in Turkey, a company or organization may apply for trademark registration.[...]

 a) Placing a similar trademark on the product or the packaging of the product without permission, launch of the product bearing the trademark into the market, or storage for this purpose, offer the delivery of the product, or submission of services under this trademark, import or export of the products bearing the trademark, use of the trademark in business documents and advertisements of the business.[...]