Someone Registered My Trademark in Turkey: How Foreign Brand Owners Get It Back
Turkey is a first-to-file country, so a distributor, importer or a complete stranger can register your brand before you do. Opposition, bad-faith inva…
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Serial Registration of Famous Mark Identical Sign: Bad Faith and Full Invalidation
Bakırköy 1st IP Court invalidated four trademarks in classes 20 and 24 using the same sign as a well-known trademark, finding bad faith under Article …
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Celebrity Name Registered as Trademark: Bad Faith and Full Invalidation
Bakırköy 1st IP Court invalidated trademarks registered using a well-known artist's name, finding bad-faith stockpiling and extortion intent under Art…
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A Rival Registered Your Long-Used Design and Sent a Cease Notice? Court Cancels the Bad-Faith Design
A company that registered a long-used fabric pattern under its own name and then sent a cease notice to the genuine user lost its design: the court fo…
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Can a Rival Lock Your Product on E-Commerce? Court Cancels a Bad-Faith Design Registration
A seller registered a long-public product as its own design and used it to freeze a competitor's e-commerce listings. The court found the design lacke…
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