Turkey: Turkish Constitutional Court Strikes Out Article 16(5) Of Trademark Decree Law As Unconstitutional
Last Updated: 15 May 2015
Article by Işık Özdoğan and Ezgi Baklaci
Moroglu Arseven
In 2014, the Turkish Constitutional Court ("Constitutional Court") hit the headlines by cancelling several articles of the Trademark Decree Law numbered 556 ("Trademark Decree Law"). On 15 May 2015, the Constitutional Court struck out another article of the Trademark Decree Law, Article 16(5), on the basis that it is unconstitutional. Recently, article 16(5) has been creating problems for trademark assignment in Turkey.
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