A trademark holder identified counterfeit product sales on the defendant's Instagram account and obtained a court-ordered pre-action evidence inspecti…
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A trademark holder obtained a customs stoppage order, triggering the seizure of 600 counterfeit branded keychains at customs. Parallel criminal procee…
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A trademark infringement action was resolved by settlement: the defendant paid TRY 145,000, abandoned the infringing sign, and undertook a TRY 200,000…
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When your trademark is used without permission, you can claim both material and moral damages. This article explains how trademark infringement compen…
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The Bakırköy 1st IP Court rejected the retailer's claim of ignorance and ordered the seizure of counterfeit T-shirts bearing a major sports club's reg…
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The Bakırköy 1st IP Court found that a company's unauthorized use of a competitor's trademark on its website for door and baseboard products constitut…
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Bakırköy 1st IP Court dismissed a trademark infringement claim filed on the basis that a business-transfer agreement did not expressly assign the trad…
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Bakırköy 1st IP Court dismissed a trademark infringement action (filed in 2017, remanded in 2023) finding that a kitchenware retailer's use of a simil…
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Bakırköy 1st IP Court dismissed a trademark infringement claim brought by a major Turkish GSM operator, finding that the defendant's shop sign was not…
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Bakırköy 1st IP Court ruled that a defendant who prepared fabric samples closely resembling a registered textile design infringed the design right und…
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Large-font signage at a shopping centre entrance infringed a competitor's trademark. The court rejected the defendant's honest-use and concept defence…
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A trademark based on a geographical place name cannot block all third-party uses. The court held that the defendant's use of the term as a product mod…
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Defendants who withdrew their trademark during proceedings could not escape infringement liability. The court ruled that using similar marks in the sa…
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Bakırköy 1st IP Court found that a domain name virtually identical to the plaintiff's registered trademark constituted infringement, ordered access bl…
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Bakırköy 1st IP Court ruled that selling cheat plugins for an online game neither infringes trademark rights nor copyright, but constitutes unfair com…
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During an on-site trademark inspection at a pastry shop, only a single cookie was found bearing a famous sports club's registered mark. The defendant …
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A retailer caught selling 25 counterfeit children's jerseys bearing a major sports club's registered trademark argued that the goods were purchased fr…
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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 abuse of right…
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A shopkeeper selling counterfeit socks of a well-known brand argued he 'didn't know' — the court rejected it. Since bad faith is not required for trad…
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13,488 counterfeit eyeliners stopped at customs were ruled trademark-infringing and ordered destroyed after the registered owner sued. The decision sh…
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Because the two marks differed in their opening elements and overall impression, the court held there was no likelihood of confusion and dismissed the…
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A Turkish IP court ruled that unauthorized use of a registered, well-known trademark is infringement and awarded ₺318,659 in material plus ₺100,000 in…
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