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-…
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Prior Use Trumps Registration: Both Claims Dismissed, Plaintiff Ordered to Pay TRY 524,697 in Legal Fees | Istanbul 1st IP Court 2026/153
After a Yargıtay reversal, the retrial court found that the defendant held prior use rights predating the plaintiff's trademark registration…
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Suing for Trademark Infringement After 10+ Years of Silence: How 'Acquiescence' Ended the Case
A registered owner sued a neighbouring business that had used the same name for over ten years. The court treated the late action as an abus…
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Suing the Wrong Party in a Trademark Cancellation Case: The 'Wrong Defendant' Trap
The claimant sued the company using the contested mark, but the mark was registered in the name of a different individual. The court dismiss…
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13,488 Counterfeit Goods Seized at Customs and Destroyed: Protecting Trademarks at the Border
13,488 counterfeit eyeliners stopped at customs were ruled trademark-infringing and ordered destroyed after the registered owner sued. The d…
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