Article by: Uğur Aktekin, Partner and İrem Girenes, Senior Associate of Gün + Partners
- Service by publication has come into effect
- Turkish Patent and Trademark Office put discussions over well-known trade mark registry on its agenda
- Turkish Patent and Trademark Office’s official website was updated
Service by publication has come into effect
Notification procedure was a significant issue at the Turkish Patent and Trademark Office (Office) since it not only causes delays in the application processes but also affects the IP right holders using their rights. Most importantly, when the applicants’ recorded addresses changed for some reason and they did not inform the Office of the address change, notifications that must be made officially such as opposition notifications could not be made. This was causing opposition proceedings to remain pending since the applicants’ legal periods for filing a counter-opinion and alleging a non-use plea could not start. Moreover, lack of notification was also causing delays in the registration process since the notifications regarding the payments for registrations could not be made and thereby trade mark holders seeking to file an invalidation action upon registration of the relevant trade mark application had to wait and keep following up on the status of the registrations. Read more