TOWARDS HARMONIZATION: TÜRKPATENT’S CHANGING STANCE ON ACQUIRED TRADEMARK RIGHTS
The Turkish Court of Appeal and Turkish Patent and Trademark Office’s (TÜRKPATENT) diverging practices in terms of implementing the acquired rights principle has been a controversial issue (see “Navigating Controversies and Conditions of Acquired Rights, Evaluating Different Approaches of TÜRKPATENT and Court of Appeal in the Light of the Administrative