TRADEMARK AND PATENT LAW

Turkish IP law is quite new in Turkey, compare to European and American laws. Indeed, specific regulations are in course since 1995 and specialized courts are set-up since 2002.

INLAWCO has a significant experience regarding intellectual and industrial property matters, particularly trademarks, patents and related litigations.

In this matter, Inlawco attorneys have acted as follow :

• Advised French, Turkish and English broadcasting companies in Turkey, either for their acquisition projects or contractual issues. Our various interventions permitted a close contact between our lawyers and Court’s judges and IP/IT experts.
• Advised a UK based based clothing company on Turkish Intellectual Property law, including trademark infringements and protection issues.
• Advised a French retail group on trademark legislation and practice ; managers and directors have been trained by INLAWCO on Turkish law by analyzing specific court cases.
• Represented worldwide leading cosmetic company in their trademark lawsuits and legal conservatory measures against trademark counterfeiters, implementation of judicial conservatory measures and cooperation with Turkish Custom Administration.
• Provided legal consultancies to the leading company in IT sector, related to Internet law in France and data protection issues under European laws.
• Attending American projector company in front of Turkish courts, by suing Turkish companies on intellectual property grounds and unfair competition rules under Turkish law.
• Assisted world's top automotive supplier company in trademark and patent counterfeiting cases in Turkey and advising the client in intellectual property law issues.
• Assisted one of Turkey's major transportation company in an international litigation on trademark infringement.
• Advised a German group of companies in franchise agreements and related intellectual property clause's enforcement before Turkish courts.