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TRADEMARK |
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New law
implementing regulation for legislation related to protection of trademarks
has entered into force on November 5, 1995. With this new trademark
legislation for Turkey, a functional system is established to meet the
demands and realities of Turkey, harmonise the Turkish trademark system being
compatible to the systems of other countries, the provisions of TRIPS
Agreement of WTO Agreement and European Community Directives and Regulations. New
trademark system is based on publication-opposition before registration and
brought the following modern provisions:
According
to Turkish trademark system, a trademark, provided that it is capable of
distinguishing the goods and services of one undertaking from the goods and
services of other undertakings, may consist of all kinds of signs being
represented graphically such as words, including personal names, designs,
letters, numerals, shape of the goods or their packaging and similarly
descriptive means capable of being published and reproduced by printing.
Trademark may be registered along with the product or the packaging. However,
the registration of the product or the packaging does not grant exclusive
rights. An
application for registration of a trademark must be filed with the following:
The application fee must be paid at the time of filing in order an application for the registration of a trademark to be valid. Each trademark shall be subject to a separate filing of an application. |
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