Trademark & Brand Protection

Trademark Lawyer in Turkey

Q: Should I run a TÜRKPATENT trademark search before applying?

Yes. A search may identify earlier applications or registrations. A legal clearance review should also consider similarity, goods and services, distinctiveness and opposition risk.

Registration, Opposition, Portfolio Management & Enforcement

Protect, register and enforce your brand in Türkiye with business-focused legal support from filing strategy to disputes. We advise international companies, founders and brand owners across the full trademark lifecycle.

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Trademark lifecycle

Clearance
SEARCH TÜRKPATENT
FILE Proceedings
DEFEND Infringement
ENFORCE Protect yourBRAND

TÜRKPATENT Strategy National & Madrid Filings Oppositions & Appeals Renewals & Portfolios Brand Enforcement

Trademark Legal Services in Türkiye

A trademark is more than a registration certificate. It is a commercial asset that protects market identity, supports expansion and strengthens a business against copycats, conflicting applications and unauthorised use.

Turkish Trade Lawyers combines legal analysis, filing strategy, TÜRKPATENT procedure, portfolio management and enforcement into one coordinated service for international businesses.

Turkey Trademark Quick Answers

Trademark protection in Türkiye is governed primarily by Industrial Property Code No. 6769 and administered by the Turkish Patent and Trademark Office, commonly known as TÜRKPATENT.

AuthorityTurkish Patent and Trademark Office — TÜRKPATENT

Main legislationIndustrial Property Code No. 6769

Opposition period2 months after publication

Protection term10 years from the application date

RenewalSuccessive 10-year periods

2026 one-class feeTRY 2,820 official application fee

2026 registration feeTRY 7,010 official registration fee

Foreign applicantsLocal authorised representation generally required for direct filings

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Trademark Protection Built Around Your Business

The strongest trademark strategy starts before an application is filed. A commercially valuable portfolio should reflect what the company sells, where it plans to expand, which signs competitors may challenge, how the brand is used and how quickly the owner can react to infringement.

We assess registrability, identify conflicts, structure the correct goods and services, manage TÜRKPATENT proceedings, respond to objections and oppositions, preserve registration rights and act when third parties interfere with the brand. For international businesses entering Türkiye, we also align Turkish strategy with existing registrations, group structures, licence arrangements and Madrid System portfolios.

Launching in Türkiye?

Do not wait until the brand is visible in the market. Consider filing strategy before launch, distribution, franchising, marketplace expansion or major marketing spend.

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Discuss Your Trademark

Share the brand, relevant goods or services and the current stage for a confidential preliminary review.

Our Trademark Services in Turkey

End-to-end legal support across the trademark lifecycle, from clearance and filing to transactions, portfolio management and enforcement.

Trademark Search & Clearance Strategy

Before filing, we assess whether a proposed word, logo or other sign is likely to face registrability problems or conflict with earlier rights. The objective is to identify legal and commercial obstacles—not merely identical records.

TÜRKPATENT trademark search and Turkish trademark register review
Identical and confusingly similar mark screening
Nice class and commercial-scope analysis
Distinctiveness, descriptiveness and refusal-risk review
Word mark, logo and combined-mark filing strategy
Risk-ranking of alternative names before launch

Check a Trademark Before Filing

Trademark Registration in Turkey

We manage national trademark application strategy and prosecution before TÜRKPATENT, including ownership review, classification, specifications, filing, examination, publication and registration-stage follow-up.

Word mark and logo registration
Nice classification and specification drafting
National applications and priority claims
Madrid Protocol coordination
Responses to procedural deficiencies and absolute-ground refusals
Portfolio reporting and status updates

Need the detailed filing roadmap?

Read our full guide to Trademark Registration in Turkey for the national procedure, legal grounds, timelines and international filing options.

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Trademark Opposition in Turkey

A conflicting application can weaken exclusivity before it reaches the market. Third-party oppositions against published applications must generally be filed within two months after publication.

Watch-result and likelihood-of-confusion analysis
Evidence strategy and opposition drafting
Earlier Turkish and international rights
Reputation, well-known mark and bad-faith arguments
Settlement and consent strategy
Ongoing monitoring of the opposition file

Oppose a Conflicting Trademark

Defending Applications Against Opposition

An opposition does not automatically mean an application will fail. We review the opponent’s rights, the actual scope of protection and the similarity of the signs, goods and services.

M116 counter-statements against opposition
Similarity and likelihood-of-confusion analysis
Specification limitation or restructuring where appropriate
Proof-of-use requests and evidence challenges
Consent or coexistence negotiations
Appeal strategy after an adverse decision

Defend Your Application

Proof of Use & Non-Use Strategy

Where an opposition relies on a mark registered for at least five years at the relevant date, the applicant may, under the applicable conditions, request proof of genuine use during the preceding five-year period.

Invoices, catalogues, packaging and product evidence
Advertising, marketing expenditure and fair participation
Turnover, distribution, market and consumer data
Website, online sales and supporting business records
M134 evidence-file preparation
Owner-side proof and applicant-side challenges

Prepare a Proof-of-Use File

Letters of Consent & Coexistence

Not every conflict needs a full opposition or court dispute. A notarised letter of consent may prevent refusal based on identity or indistinguishable similarity under Article 5/1(ç), subject to the statutory requirements.

Assessment of whether consent is legally viable
Consent and coexistence agreement drafting
Goods and services covered by consent
TÜRKPATENT consent-process coordination
Negotiation of commercial boundaries
Alignment with licences, distribution or group structures

Resolve a Trademark Conflict

Trademark Appeals Before TÜRKPATENT

We challenge adverse decisions before TÜRKPATENT’s Re-Examination and Evaluation Department where the case supports an appeal. Relevant appeals generally have a two-month deadline from notification.

Refusal and opposition-decision review
Distinctiveness and descriptiveness arguments
Acquired-distinctiveness and supporting evidence
Similarity, proof-of-use and portfolio analysis
Strategy for proceedings before the Ankara IP Court

Review a Trademark Decision

Well-Known Trademark Recognition

For brands with substantial market recognition, reputation can expand the tools available against conflicting applications and misuse. Reputation evidence must be current, structured and tied to the relevant period.

Registration, use and geographic-scope history
Sales, market share and advertising investment
Media, surveys, awards and valuation material
Decisions, enforcement history and imitation evidence
Distribution networks and portfolio breadth

Protect a High-Value Brand

Trademark Renewals & Portfolio Management

A Turkish trademark is protected for ten years from the application date and may be renewed for successive ten-year periods. A six-month late-renewal window follows expiry, subject to the additional fee.

Renewal and late-renewal management
Deadline tracking and portfolio audits
Goods and services review
Ownership, address and corporate-change recordals
Central calendars for registrations, oppositions and licences

Review Your Trademark Portfolio

Transfers, Licences, Pledges & Recordals

A trademark may be transferred, licensed, pledged, inherited or affected by corporate restructuring. We align the commercial agreement with the Turkish trademark register.

Assignment and partial assignment
Licence agreements and recordals
Pledges and security arrangements
Mergers, demergers and ownership changes
Inheritance-related transfers
Trademark due diligence in M&A transactions

Structure a Trademark Transaction

Madrid Protocol & International Strategy

Businesses managing brands across jurisdictions may use the Madrid System to extend protection internationally, including into Türkiye. We coordinate Turkish strategy with international IP counsel and brand teams.

National filing versus Madrid strategy
Turkish designations and provisional refusals
Local opposition and enforcement management
Subsequent designations
Coordination of national and international portfolios
Turkish base applications for international expansion

Coordinate International Protection

Cancellation, Revocation & Non-Use

Unused or improperly maintained rights can create barriers to market entry. Since 10 January 2024, TÜRKPATENT has authority to examine trademark revocation requests under the Industrial Property Code.

Non-use and blocking-right assessment
Revocation request and defence strategy
Genuine-use evidence
Partial revocation analysis
Settlement and related-proceeding coordination

Assess a Blocking Trademark

Enforcement & Online Brand Protection

Registration has commercial value only if the owner can enforce it. We assist with counterfeit goods, confusingly similar brands, unauthorised use and online infringement in Türkiye.

Infringement assessment and evidence preservation
Cease-and-desist and settlement strategy
Marketplace and digital infringement action
Preliminary injunctions and infringement litigation
Compensation and measures against infringing products
Civil and, where appropriate, criminal coordination

Enforce Your Trademark Rights

2026 Official Trademark Fees in Turkey

The amounts below are official TÜRKPATENT charges for 2026. They do not include legal fees, WIPO fees, translation or notarisation costs, third-party expenses, or additional work arising from objections, oppositions or litigation.

Official service	2026 fee
One-class trademark application	TRY 2,820
Second-class application fee	TRY 2,820
Each class from the third class onward	TRY 3,150
Trademark registration fee	TRY 7,010
Opposition against a published application	TRY 1,150
Appeal against a trademark decision	TRY 2,720
Renewal — up to two classes	TRY 8,730
Late renewal after expiry — up to two classes	TRY 15,420
Each additional renewal class after two classes	TRY 750
Transfer or partial-transfer recordal	TRY 5,960
Licence registration or renewal	TRY 9,870
Pledge recordal	TRY 6,010
Well-known trademark examination request	TRY 35,320
Trademark cancellation request fee	TRY 35,320
Trademark cancellation request deposit	TRY 35,320
Madrid international application notification to WIPO	TRY 3,850
Madrid subsequent designation or other request notification	TRY 1,630

One-class cost example

A straightforward 2026 one-class national application that proceeds to registration has official filing and registration fees totalling TRY 9,830, excluding legal fees and additional procedural costs.

Fees may change

The TÜRKPATENT fee applicable on the transaction date should always be checked before payment. The table was last reviewed on 24 August 2026.

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A Clear Process From Search to Protection

STEP 01

Review the Brand and Business

We identify the mark, applicant, products or services, commercial markets, existing rights and immediate risks.

STEP 02

Search, Classify and Plan

We search for conflicts and structure goods and services around actual and planned commercial activity.

STEP 03

Manage TÜRKPATENT

We handle filing, examination, publication, opposition, response, appeal and registration as required.

STEP 04

Maintain and Enforce

We support renewals, licences, assignments, portfolio changes, non-use questions and enforcement.

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Trademark Counsel for International Businesses

One Turkish point of coordination

A foreign brand entering Türkiye often needs more than a filing agent. Ownership, group structures, distributors, licences, market entry, local enforcement and existing international registrations can all affect the value of the Turkish portfolio.

We work directly with management, in-house legal teams, foreign counsel, brand managers and commercial teams. Applicants domiciled outside Türkiye generally require an authorised trademark attorney for direct proceedings before TÜRKPATENT, except for applications made through the Madrid Protocol.

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Common international matters

Entering Türkiye with an established foreign brand
Registering a new product, service name or logo
Responding to a Turkish opposition
Challenging a local copycat application
Resolving distributor or licensee issues
Recording an international assignment
Defending against non-use claims
Coordinating Madrid designations

Why Businesses Choose Turkish Trade Lawyers

Commercial, Not Mechanical

We consider the market, business model and future use of the brand before recommending the legal route.

One Team Across the Lifecycle

Registration, opposition, licensing and enforcement are coordinated as one commercial strategy.

Clear International Advice

We translate Turkish procedure, deadlines and legal risks into decisions management can act on.

Transparent Scope and Fees

We define the work, expected official fees and foreseeable procedural stages before starting.

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Trademark Services in Turkey — Frequently Asked Questions

TÜRKPATENT’s 2026 official fee for a one-class trademark application is TRY 2,820, and the registration fee is TRY 7,010. Additional class fees apply. Legal fees and third-party costs are separate.

A registered Turkish trademark is protected for ten years from the application date and may be renewed for further ten-year periods.

Third parties may generally oppose a trademark application within two months after publication in the Official Trademark Bulletin.

Yes. Applicants domiciled outside Türkiye who use the direct national route generally need representation by an authorised trademark attorney. The Madrid Protocol provides an international route.

Yes. A logo may be registered as a trademark if it satisfies the legal requirements and does not fall within the applicable refusal grounds. Depending on the strategy, separate protection for the word and logo may be appropriate.

Yes. A search can identify earlier applications or registrations. A legal clearance review should also consider similarity, goods and services, distinctiveness and opposition risk.

The application enters an opposition process before TÜRKPATENT. The response may address similarity, the scope of goods and services, proof of use, reputation, consent, bad faith or other relevant grounds.

Where the statutory conditions are met and the earlier mark has been registered for at least five years at the relevant date, the applicant may request evidence of genuine use for the applicable five-year period.

Yes. Non-use can be a ground for revocation once the statutory conditions are met. Since 10 January 2024, trademark revocation requests are examined by TÜRKPATENT under the Industrial Property Code.

Yes. Trademark rights may be transferred and licensed. Recordal before TÜRKPATENT can be important for registry accuracy and the effectiveness of certain rights against third parties.

Yes. Our trademark service covers strategy, filing, opposition, appeal, maintenance, commercial transactions and enforcement.

Official Sources & Authorities

Key procedural and fee information on this page is connected to official TÜRKPATENT materials. Always confirm the rules and tariff applicable on the transaction date.

Last reviewed: 25 August 2026

Protect the Brand You Are Building

Whether you are preparing a new filing, facing an opposition, entering the Turkish market or dealing with infringement, we can assess the position and build a practical strategy around your commercial priorities.

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Trademark Team

Search, file, defend or enforce your trademark in Türkiye.

Send the brand, relevant products or services, countries of existing protection and the current issue. Our team will review the essentials and outline the next practical step.

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